Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha) [XC764959]
by Stanislas Wroza from Campo de Daroca (near Gallocanta), Zaragoza, Arag\u00f3n, Spain (?)
Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) [XC799908]
by Stanislas Wroza from Arrondissement de Bastia (near Rogliano), Haute-Corse, Corsica, France (flight call)
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.