Wood Lark

SCI Name:  Lullula arborea
Protonym:  Alauda arborea Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.166
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Alaudidae / Lullula
Taxonomy Code:  woolar1
Type Locality:  Europe; restricted type locality, Sweden.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LULLULA
(Alaudidae; Ϯ Wood Lark L. arborea) Dim. < French onomatopoeia “Lulu,” given to the Wood Lark by de Buffon 1770-1783; "Lulula et lulu sont des onomatopées employées par Buffon. On peut sans doute en rapprocher les termes du vieux français uler et du latin ululare (hurler)" (Cabard & Chauvet 2003); "5. Alauda cristata, arborea.   ...   5. Haubenlerche. Lullula.   E[ntwickelung]. Die Formen werden größer; der Nagel der Hinterzehe verlängert sich und wird gerade; das Gefieder lerchenfarbig.  Ch[arakter]. Lerchen mit Federbüschen, gräulichem Gefieder und kurzem Schwanz.  L[ebensart]. Sie lieben Wälder, seßen sich oft auf Bäume und nisten auf die Erde. Der Gesang ist in seiner höchsten Vollendung" (Kaup 1829); "Lullula Kaup, 1829, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Natür. Syst. Europäischen Thierw., p. 92. Type, by subsequent designation, Alauda arborea Linnaeus (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 80)." (Peters 1960, IX, 65).
Var. Lululla.
Synon. Corys.

arborea / arboreus
L. arboreus  arboreal, of a tree  < arbor, arboris  tree.
● "61  ANAS.  ...  arborea.  38. A. grisea, capite subcristato, abdomine albo nigroque maculato.  Anas fistularis rufus, rostro nigro, occidentalis. Edw. av. 193. t. 193.  Anas fistularis arboribus insidens. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 324. t. 272. Raj. av. 192.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dendrocygna).
● "93. ALAUDA.  ...  arborea.  3. A. capite vitta annulari alba cincto.  Alauda rectricibus fuscis: prima oblique dimidiato-alba, secunda tertia quarta macula alba cuneiformi. Fn. svec. 192.  Alauda arborea. Will. orn. 149. Raj. av. 69. n. 2.  Habitat in Europa, gregaria volitans." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lullula).
● "TREE SPARROW.  FRINGILLA ARBOREA.  ... If disturbed takes to trees, like the White-throated Sparrow, but contrary to the habit of most of the others, who are inclined rather to dive into thickets" (A. Wilson 1810) (Passerella).

SUBSPECIES

Wood Lark (arborea)
SCI Name: Lullula arborea arborea
arborea / arboreus
L. arboreus  arboreal, of a tree  < arbor, arboris  tree.
● "61  ANAS.  ...  arborea.  38. A. grisea, capite subcristato, abdomine albo nigroque maculato.  Anas fistularis rufus, rostro nigro, occidentalis. Edw. av. 193. t. 193.  Anas fistularis arboribus insidens. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 324. t. 272. Raj. av. 192.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dendrocygna).
● "93. ALAUDA.  ...  arborea.  3. A. capite vitta annulari alba cincto.  Alauda rectricibus fuscis: prima oblique dimidiato-alba, secunda tertia quarta macula alba cuneiformi. Fn. svec. 192.  Alauda arborea. Will. orn. 149. Raj. av. 69. n. 2.  Habitat in Europa, gregaria volitans." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lullula).
● "TREE SPARROW.  FRINGILLA ARBOREA.  ... If disturbed takes to trees, like the White-throated Sparrow, but contrary to the habit of most of the others, who are inclined rather to dive into thickets" (A. Wilson 1810) (Passerella).

Wood Lark (pallida)
SCI Name: Lullula arborea pallida
pallida
L. pallidus  pallid, pale, wan, sallow  < pallere  to be pale.