The calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra) or European calandra-lark breeds in warm temperate countries around the Mediterranean and eastwards through Turkey into northern Iran and southern Russia. It is replaced further east by its relative, the bimaculated lark.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Calandra Lark being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Alaudala heinei
- Alaudala cheleensis
- Melanocorypha mongolica
- Alauda arvensis
- Alauda leucoptera
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Alaudidae
- Genus
- Melanocorypha
- Species
- Melanocorypha calandra
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