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Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

The Eurasian Skylark is a cheerful bird known for its beautiful singing. It loves to fly high in the sky and can often be seen in fields and grasslands, singing sweetly to greet the day.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Eurasian Skylark is a small, streaky brown bird with a stocky build and a short, often raised crest on its head. Its underparts are paler, and it has distinctive white outer tail feathers visible during flight, setting it apart from other brown grassland birds.

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Eurasian Skylark
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Eurasian Skylark

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

One skylark's incredible song can last for over an hour non-stop!

Skylarks sometimes perform "mock fights" high in the air!

Some skylarks build their ground nests using tiny pebbles as walls!

Their babies leave the nest by foot before they can fly!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Sky Serenade

Eurasian Skylark can sing melodious songs while hovering high in the air because of powerful wing muscles that allow sustained flight.

Fähigkeit

Ground Mimicry

Eurasian Skylark has drab, streaky brown plumage that helps them blend perfectly with dry grasses and soil, making them hard to spot.

Fähigkeit

Acoustic Navigator

Eurasian Skylark can mimic calls of many other bird species, which helps them communicate and attract mates.

Maße und Details

Länge
16-18 cm
Flügelspannweite
30-36 cm
Gewicht
0.027-0.055 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-5 Jahre
Top Speed
40 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-7
Brutzeit
11-12 Tage
Zugstrecke
2000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

Eurasian Skylarks mainly eat insects in summer and seeds in winter, making them adaptable foragers.

Altersunterschiede: Young chicks eat only insects, switching to a more varied diet as they mature.

Hauptnahrung

  • insects
  • beetles
  • caterpillars
  • grass seeds
  • weed seeds

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Kestrels are common predators, hunting adult skylarks from above.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Foxes prey on ground-nesting skylark eggs, chicks, and adults.

eats

Lined Click Beetle

Agriotes lineatus

Adult skylarks and chicks consume these beetle larvae from fields.

eats

Annual Meadow-grass

Poa annua

Skylarks forage for the seeds of this common grass during winter.

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If you see a bird's nest, be careful not to touch it. It's best to watch from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Eurasian Skylark?

16-18 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Eurasian Skylark?

30-36 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Eurasian Skylark?

0.027-0.055 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Eurasian Skylark?

2-5 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Eurasian Skylark?

40 km/h

Was frisst Eurasian Skylark?

Eurasian Skylarks mainly eat insects in summer and seeds in winter, making them adaptable foragers.

Wo findet man Eurasian Skylark normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Eurasian Skylark?

Foraging

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