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Greater Short-toed Lark

Calandrella brachydactyla

829Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
23Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb18
Mar7
Apr51
May92
Jun18
Jul6
Aug25
Sep108
Oct450
Nov48
Dec5

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isles of Scilly England274
2Shetland Islands —149
3Norfolk England112
4Cambridgeshire England67
5Surrey England28
6Pembrokeshire Wales20
7Cornwall England16
8Conwy Wales15
9North Yorkshire England10
10Dorset England9
11East Lothian Scotland8
12North Tyneside England8
13East Riding of Yorkshire England6
14Orkney Islands Scotland6
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
617 England173 Scotland39 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
829
Peak month
October
Counties with records
23
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Calandrella brachydactyla
Also known as
Short-Toed Lark
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Birds Directive
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Alaudidae
Genus
Calandrella
Name with authority
Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisler, 1814)
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q24843 · GBIF 2490681