Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

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The Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a small passerine bird species. It is a wide-spread species found across Europe and Asia with introduced populations in many other parts of the world. The genus name is from the Latin alauda, "lark". Pliny thought the word was originally of Celtic origin. The specific arvensis is also Latin, and means "of the field".

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  1. (c) Ani Sarkisyan, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), uploaded by Ani Sarkisyan
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alauda_arvensis

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