White-winged Lark

Alauda leucoptera (Pallas, 1811) WHWLA 9650
Family: Passeriformes > Alaudidae

White-winged Lark, Yoav Perlman

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.

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This vagrant has not been recorded in the UK for many decades and as such cannot be mapped.

Occupied 10-km squares in UK

European Distribution Map

European Breeding Bird Atlas 2

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about White-winged Lark, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

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

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