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SpeciesPasseriformesAlaudidae
Birds

🐦Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758

云雀（学名：Alauda arvensis）又稱叫天子、告天子、告天鳥、阿蘭、大鷚、天鷚、朝天子等，隸屬於雀形目，百靈科。云雀體形似蒙古百靈，但個體較小，體長約19cm 左右，上體黑褐色，翅、尾各羽外緣淡棕色。最外側一對尾羽近純白色，緊挨著的一對外羽瓣為白色。下體白色，胸部淡棕色並有多數黑褐色斑點。其生活習性與蒙古百靈基本相似，云雀羽色雖不華麗，但鳴聲婉轉，歌聲嘹亮，能與蒙古百靈媲美，素有“南靈”之稱，是中國著名的籠鳥，在國外也深受養鳥者歡迎。

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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≈ 1/1,660th of your weight
Also called
skylark, Skylark, Sky Lark
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.04 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
10 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Eurasian Skylark

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.04 kg
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 0.04 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.07 m
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.11 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.01 m
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.02 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
10 years
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
11 days
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 3
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Omnivore
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Grassland
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Eurasian Skylark yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderPasseriformes
  5. ›familyAlaudidae
  6. ›genusAlauda
  7. ›speciesAlauda arvensis
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
  3. familyAlaudidae
  4. genusAlauda
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
  11. familyAlaudidae
  12. genusAlauda
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Closest relative on this site
🐦 Barn Swallow — last shared an ancestor ≈ 38 million years ago.
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sånglärka (sv), Feldlerche (de), 云雀 (zh), Alauda arvensis (it), ヒバリ (ja), Veldleeuwerik (nl) … and 25 more languages
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Alouette des champs Zaghouan001Alauda arvensis Skylark Tarlakuşu 02Alauda arvensis Skylark Tarlakuşu 04
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