Short-tailed lark
Spizocorys fremantlii (Lort Phillips, 1897)
The short-tailed lark (Spizocorys fremantlii) is a species in the family Alaudidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 21.9 g to 25 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the short-tailed lark
- Weight
- 21.9 g – 25 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Granivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the short-tailed lark live?
Not recorded
Is the short-tailed lark endangered?
The short-tailed lark is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the short-tailed lark classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyAlaudidae
- genusSpizocorys
- SpeciesSpizocorys fremantlii (Lort Phillips, 1897)
Synonyms Calendula fremantlii, Galerida fremantlii, Pseudalaemon fremantlii
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- STLAEnglish
- Kogenneg lost berrBreton
- alosa cuacurtaCatalan
- skřivan východoafrickýCzech
- Korthalet LærkeDanish
- BartlercheGerman
- KurzschwanzlercheGerman
- kurtvosta alaŭdoEsperanto
- Alondra colicortaSpanish
- Alondra de Cola CortaSpanish
- چکاوک دمکوتاهPersian
- lyhytpyrstökiuruFinnish
- Alouette à queue courteFrench
- Cochevis à queue courteFrench
- prugastoglava ševaCroatian
- rövidfarkú pacsirtaHungarian
- Allodola codacortaItalian
- ウズラヒバリJapanese
- trumpauodegis vieversysLithuanian
- korthalelerkeNorwegian Bokmål
- KortstaartleeuwerikDutch
- kortstjertlerkeNorwegian
- skowrończyk kusyPolish
- cotovia-de-cauda-curtaPortuguese
- Бородатый жаворонокRussian
- Длинноклювый жаворонокRussian
- škovránok zobatýSlovak
- kortstjärtad lärkaSwedish
- Kısa Kuyruklu ToygarTurkish
- жайворонок короткохвостийUkrainian
- Sơn ca đuôi ngắnVietnamese
- 短尾百灵Chinese
- 短尾沙百靈Chinese
Relatives of the short-tailed lark
Other species in the same genus Spizocorys.
Botha's lark
Spizocorys fringillaris
Pink-billed lark
Spizocorys conirostris
Sclater's lark
Spizocorys sclateri
Stark's lark
Spizocorys starki
Obbia lark
Spizocorys obbiensis
Masked lark
Spizocorys personata
CompareShort-tailed lark vs Botha's larkShort-tailed lark vs Pink-billed larkShort-tailed lark vs Sclater's larkShort-tailed lark vs Stark's lark
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the short-tailed lark?
An adult short-tailed lark weighs 21.9 g – 25 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the short-tailed lark endangered?
The short-tailed lark is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the short-tailed lark?
The short-tailed lark (Spizocorys fremantlii) belongs to the family Alaudidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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