woodlark

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The woodlark is a small, ground-nesting songbird found in heathlands and open woodland across parts of Europe and western Asia, known for its melodious, fluting song delivered in display flights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird
ground-nesting bird
passerine
songbird
belongsTo Old World larks
billType slender
binomialName Lullula arborea
bodySize small
breedingRange central Europe
parts of western Asia
Southern Europe
surface form: southern Europe

western Europe
class Aves
clutchPlacement well-hidden ground nest
commonName European woodlark
woodlark
describedBy Carl Linnaeus
diet insects
other invertebrates
seeds
distinctiveMarking white supercilium meeting on nape
family Alaudidae
foragingStratum ground
genus Lullula
habitat forest clearings
heathland
open woodland
young conifer plantations
IUCNStatus Least Concern
IUCNStatusSystem IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
surface form: IUCN Red List
kingdom Animalia
migratoryBehavior partially migratory
nativeTo Europe
Western Asia
surface form: western Asia
nestingSite ground
nonBreedingRange North Africa
order Passeriformes
phylum Chordata
plumageColor brown upperparts
paler underparts
streaked upperparts
reproduction lays eggs on ground
songCharacteristic fluting
melodious
songDisplay display flight
taxonRank species
yearDescribed 1758

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