Crested Lark

Galerida cristata - Cochevis huppé

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Alaudidés
Genus
:
Galerida
Species
:
cristata

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 19 cm
Wingspan
: 29 à 34 cm.
Weight
: 35 à 45 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) is a species of bird in the Alaudidae family.

Subspecific information 33 subspecies

Galerida cristata cristata (s Scandinavia and France e to Ukraine and Hungary)
Galerida cristata pallida (Iberian Pen.)
Galerida cristata neumanni (wc Italy)
Galerida cristata apuliae (s Italy and Sicily)
Galerida cristata meridionalis (e Croatia to c Greece and w Turkey)
Galerida cristata cypriaca (Rhodes, Karpathos and Cyprus)
Galerida cristata tenuirostris (e Hungary and Romania to s Russia and Kazakhstan)
Galerida cristata caucasica (e Aegean islands, n Turkey and s Caucasus)
Galerida cristata kleinschmidti (nw Morocco)
Galerida cristata riggenbachi (w Morocco)
Galerida cristata carthaginis (ne Morocco to n Tunisia)
Galerida cristata arenicola (ne Algeria, s Tunisia and nw Libya)
Galerida cristata festae (coastal ne Libya)
Galerida cristata brachyura (inland ne Libya to s Iraq and n Arabia)
Galerida cristata helenae (se Algeria and sw Libya)
Galerida cristata jordansi (Air Mts.. n Niger.)
Galerida cristata nigricans (Nile Delta. n Egypt.)
Galerida cristata maculata (c Egypt)
Galerida cristata halfae (s Egypt and n Sudan)
Galerida cristata altirostris (e Sudan and Eritrea)
Galerida cristata somaliensis (s Ethiopia, n Somalia and n Kenya)
Galerida cristata balsaci (coastal Mauritania)
Galerida cristata senegallensis (Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Niger)
Galerida cristata alexanderi (n Nigeria to w Sudan and ne Central African Republic)
Galerida cristata isabellina (c Sudan)
Galerida cristata cinnamomina (w Lebanon and nw Israel)
Galerida cristata zion (s Turkey to ne Israel)
Galerida cristata subtaurica (c Turkey to sw Turkmenistan and n Iran)
Galerida cristata magna (c Iran and c Turmenistan to nw Pakistan, Kazakhstan, s Mongolia and nw China)
Galerida cristata leautungensis (ne and e China)
Galerida cristata coreensis (Korea)
Galerida cristata lynesi (n Pakistan)
Galerida cristata chendoola (c and e Pakistan through w and n India to s Nepal)

Foreign names

Cochevis huppé,
Cogujada común,
cotovia-de-poupa,
Haubenlerche,
búbospacsirta,
Kuifleeuwerik,
Cappellaccia,
tofslärka,
Topplerke,
pipíška chochlatá,
chocholouš obecný,
Toplærke,
töyhtökiuru,
cogullada vulgar,
Topplævirki,
dzierlatka (zwyczajna),
cekulainais cīrulis,
čopasti škrjanec,
Хохлатый жаворонок,
カンムリヒバリ,
凤头百灵,
tofslärka,
鳳頭百靈,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Salt Exploitation Sites, Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land