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White-winged lark

Alauda leucoptera Pallas, 1811

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The white-winged lark (Alauda leucoptera) is a species in the family Alaudidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 42.6 g to 46.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-winged lark (Alauda leucoptera)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-winged lark

Weight
42.6 g – 46.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
12 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4.9 – 5.25src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the white-winged lark live?

Not recorded

What is the white-winged lark?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-winged lark (Alauda leucoptera) is a species of lark breeding from southwestern Russia east through south-central Russia and Kazakhstan to the extreme west of China. It is partially migratory, with birds moving southwest in winter, west to southern Ukraine and south to northern Iran. The southernmost breeding birds are mainly resident. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.

From the Wikipedia article “White-winged lark” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-winged_lark&oldid=1380578771), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the white-winged lark endangered?

The white-winged lark is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the white-winged lark classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyAlaudidae
  6. genusAlauda
  7. SpeciesAlauda leucoptera Pallas, 1811

Synonyms Alauda ruficeps, Alauda sibirica, Melanocorypha leucoptera, Melanocorypha leucoptera, Melanocorypha sibirica

Other names and names in other languages (54)
  • قبرة بيضاءة الجناحينArabic
  • Ağqanad torağayıAzerbaijani
  • СырлауыҡBashkir
  • Белокрила чучулигаBulgarian
  • Alc'hweder eskell gwennBreton
  • calàndria alablancaCatalan
  • Ош шылдыран тьыриMari
  • skřivan bělokřídlýCzech
  • kalandra bělokřídláCzech
  • Ehedydd adeinwynWelsh
  • Hvidvinget LærkeDanish
  • WeißflügellercheGerman
  • Λευκόπτερη ΣιταρήθραGreek
  • Λευκόφτερη ΣιταρήθραGreek
  • blankflugila alaŭdoEsperanto
  • Calandria aliblancaSpanish
  • valgetiib-stepilõokeEstonian
  • چکاوک بال سفیدPersian
  • valkosiipikiuruFinnish
  • Alouette leucoptèreFrench
  • עפרוני לבן-כנףHebrew
  • bjelokrila ševaCroatian
  • szibériai pacsirtaHungarian
  • fehérszárnyú pacsirtaHungarian
  • BrandlævirkiIcelandic
  • Calandra siberianaItalian
  • ハジロコウテンシJapanese
  • БзудамэхуKabardian
  • Аққанат бозторғайKazakh
  • Аққанатты бозторғайKazakh
  • Baltasparnis vieversysLithuanian
  • baltasparnis stepinis vieversysLithuanian
  • baltspārnu cīrulisLatvian
  • WitvleugelleeuwerikDutch
  • kvitvenglerkeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • hvitvingelerkeNorwegian
  • kalandra białoskrzydłaPolish
  • skowronek białoskrzydłyPolish
  • laverca-ruivaPortuguese
  • Calhandra-ruivaPortuguese
  • cotovia-d'asa-brancaPortuguese
  • Ciocârlie cu aripi albeRomanian
  • Белокрылый жаворонокRussian
  • VilgessoadjaleivvošNorthern Sami
  • škovránok bielokrídlySlovak
  • beloperuti kalanderSlovenian
  • Belokrila ševaSerbian
  • vitvingad lärkaSwedish
  • Ak Kanatlı ToygarTurkish
  • жайворонок білокрилийUkrainian
  • Sơn ca cánh trắngVietnamese
  • 白翅云雀Chinese
  • 白翅百灵Chinese
  • 白翅百靈Chinese

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Relatives of the white-winged lark

Other species in the same genus Alauda.

CR, Critically Endangered
Raso lark (Alauda razae)

Raso lark

Alauda razae

Alaudidae

CompareWhite-winged lark vs Eurasian skylarkWhite-winged lark vs Oriental skylarkWhite-winged lark vs Raso larkWhite-winged lark vs Alauda argentea

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-winged lark?

An adult white-winged lark weighs 42.6 g – 46.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-winged lark endangered?

The white-winged 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 white-winged lark?

The white-winged lark (Alauda leucoptera) belongs to the family Alaudidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{white_winged_lark_2026,
  title = {White-winged lark (Alauda leucoptera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-winged-lark},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}