What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Greater Short-toed Lark been recorded?

Calandrella brachydactyla occurrence evidence comes from 4,494 records in 25 countries and territories, from 1903 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Greater Short-toed Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark — Photo (display-sized rendition): Juan Lacruz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesAlaudidaeCalandrella

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

4,494 records across 25 countries and territories, 1903–2026.

Calandrella brachydactyla · GBIF taxon key 2490681

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19032026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Greater Short-toed Lark has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Greater Short-toed Lark. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 4,190
Belgium 107
Spain 62
Greece 36
Mongolia 28
Austria 11
Russia 8
Türkiye 6
Morocco 5
Tunisia 5
Iran 4
South Korea 4
Senegal 4
Egypt 3
India 3
Italy 3
Romania 3
Albania 2
Israel 2
Kazakhstan 2
Malta 2
Bulgaria 1
France 1
Hungary 1
Somalia 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.