Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha) [XC629042]
by Stanislas Wroza from Saint-Martin-de-Crau, Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne, Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d'Azur, France (call, song)
Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) [XC688454]
by Stanislas Wroza from Mas Chauvet \/ ISTRES, France (call, flight call, flock of dozen of birds)
Subspecies
Geographical variation rather slight, and small clinal increase in size from west to east. Described subspecies dathei (from south-eastern Turkey) considered synonymous with gaza.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
calandra (Linnaeus, 1766) - Iberia and southern France east to southern Russia and north-western Kazakhstan, southern (including Mediterranean islands of Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus) to north-western Africa (northern Morocco east to north-western Libya), Turkey (except south-central and south-east), Transcaucasia and north-western Iran.
hebraica Meinertzhagen, R, 1920 - South-central Turkey and adjacent north-western Syria south to Israel, Palestine and western Jordan.