Iberian Crested Lark

Galerida cristata pallida

Classification

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae

The crested lark (Galerida cristata) is a species of lark widespread across Eurasia and northern Africa. It is a non-migratory bird, but can occasionally be found as a vagrant in Great Britain. Taxonomy and systematics The crested lark was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Distribution

Iberian Crested Lark — (c) Koshy Koshy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Portugal · 5

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Koshy Koshy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionCrested lark, Wikipedia contributors

Iberian Crested Lark

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