Alauda arvensis
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Mass
~35 g
Habitat
Grasslands and meadows
Diet
Omnivore
How to recognize it
The Eurasian Skylark is a plain, neat-looking presence of open ground. It is easiest to notice not by color, but by the habit of rising into the air and singing while it hangs high above a field or meadow.
It spends much of its time on the ground, moving cautiously and slipping into cover in the grass. Up close the call is soft, but the song is a long, ringing trill, often delivered by the male in flight.
It needs meadows, steppe, fields, and grassy edges, especially places without trees. It feeds on seeds and insects, and in many areas it leaves for winter before returning very early in spring.
Quick Facts
Listen to the call
The Eurasian Skylark is a plain, neat-looking presence of open ground. It is easiest to notice not by color, but by the habit of rising into the air and singing while it hangs high above a field or meadow.
It spends much of its time on the ground, moving cautiously and slipping into cover in the grass. Up close the call is soft, but the song is a long, ringing trill, often delivered by the male in flight.
It needs meadows, steppe, fields, and grassy edges, especially places without trees. It feeds on seeds and insects, and in many areas it leaves for winter before returning very early in spring.
