White-winged Lark
Introduction
A medium-sized streaky lark that is an extremely rare visitor to Britain from the steppes of central Asia.
A handful of records have been accepted for Britain, with others either not proven or linked to the Hastings Rarities affair.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant has not been recorded in the UK for many decades and as such cannot be mapped.
European Distribution Map
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Alaudidae
- Scientific name: Alauda leucoptera
- Authority: Pallas, 1811
- BTO 5-letter code: WHWLA
- Euring code number: 9650
Alternate species names
- Catalan: calàndria alablanca
- Czech: skrivan belokrídlý
- Danish: Hvidvinget Lærke
- Dutch: Witvleugelleeuwerik
- Estonian: valgetiib-stepilõoke
- Finnish: valkosiipikiuru
- French: Alouette leucoptère
- German: Weißflügellerche
- Hungarian: fehérszárnyú pacsirta
- Icelandic: Brandlævirki
- Italian: Calandra siberiana
- Latvian: baltsparnu cirulis
- Lithuanian: baltasparnis stepinis vieversys
- Norwegian: Hvitvingelerke
- Polish: skowronek bialoskrzydly
- Portuguese: calhandra-ruiva
- Slovak: škovránok bielokrídly
- Slovenian: beloperuti kalander
- Spanish: Calandria aliblanca
- Swedish: vitvingad lärka
More Evidence
More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com
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