Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Alaudala
Asian Short-toed Lark
Alaudala cheleensis · 短趾百灵
Introduction
A lark in the family Alaudidae, found from south-central to eastern Asia. First described by Robert Swinhoe in 1871.
Distribution & Habitat
Range extends from south-central to eastern Asia. Six recognized subspecies occupy specific regions: A. c. leucophaea from Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan; A. c. seebohmi in north-western China; A. c. tuvinica in north-western Mongolia and southern Russia; A. c. cheleensis in south-central Siberia, north-eastern Mongolia and north-eastern China; A. c. kukunoorensis in west-central China; and A. c. beicki in southern Mongolia and north-central China.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Alaudidae
- Genus
- Alaudala
Taxonomy Changes
Calandrella cheleensis → Alaudala cheleensis
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Subspecies (4)
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Alaudala cheleensis cheleensis
breeds northern Qinghai and northern Gansu through northern Mongolia, and northeastern China (central and eastern Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang) and adjacent parts of southern Siberia; the Mongolian populations are largely migratory, although they probably winter within the range of the subspecies
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
