Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
Alaudala rufescens
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Alaudidae
- Genus
- Alaudala
- eBird Code
- mstlar1
Taxonomy Changes
Calandrella rufescens → Alaudala rufescens
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Mehmet Baran · CC_BY_4_0
Jens Bokelaar · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (3)
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Alaudala rufescens apetzii
southern Iberian Peninsula
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Alaudala rufescens minor
northern Africa (from Morocco eastward to Egypt) and from southern Türkiye southward to the Sinai Peninsula and eastward to Iraq
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Alaudala rufescens rufescens
Canary Islands (Tenerife, where perhaps extirpated, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.