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The Calandra Lark, scientifically named *Melanocorypha calandra*, is a species of bird within the class Aves. It belongs to the genus *Melanocorypha*. The species has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Common names for this bird include ehedydd calandra, Kalanderlerche, and Calandria Común.
Its taxonomic range is listed as Africa. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2025. Biological records indicate a mass of 63, a litter size of 4.2, and an egg incubation period of 12. The species has 3234 observations recorded on iNaturalist.
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Least ConcernCalandra Lark
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melanocorypha
- Mass
- 55
- Image
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- taxon rank
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- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
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- Melanocorypha calandra
- Commons category
- Melanocorypha calandra
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- Melanocorypha calandra
- taxon common name
- القبرة الشرقية الكبيرة
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- litter size
- 4.2
- egg incubation period
- 12
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
Eggs of Melanocorypha calandra MHNT
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calandra Lark” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.