Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensis
Sanglærken er en spurvefugl på cirka 18 centimeter, der forekommer spontant i Europa, Nordafrika og dele af Asien og desuden er introduceret til andre verdensdele. Lærken er en af Danmarks mest almindelige fugle, hvor den som oprindelig græssteppefugl har formået at tilpasse sig det åbne kulturlandskab.
Grey-brown and heavily streaked above and on the breast, pale-bellied, with a small raisable crest. In flight white outer tail feathers and a narrow white trailing edge to the wing.
Plumage and variation
Male and female: Sexes alike; the male’s wings slightly broader.
Voice
The song is a clear, bubbling, unbroken stream, delivered in song-flight — rising, circling or hanging high over the field, often for minutes at a stretch.
Behaviour
Walks the ground for seeds and insects, crouching at danger. The nest is a shallow scrape in the open, away from tall growth.
When and where
At some 700,000 pairs (2011) Denmark’s third-commonest bird, spread across all open country — but down over 50 percent since 1976 and now near threatened on the Red List, chiefly from changed farming. Partially migratory; sings from earliest spring.
Facts
Wingspan
35 cm
Conservation status
ikke truet
Relatives
Family
larks
Alaudidae
Order
passerines
Passeriformes
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