Alaemon alaudipes

(Desfontaines, 1789) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Alaudidae/Alaemon

At a glance

Occurrence records17 274

Data sources8

Biological traits26

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Alaemon alaudipes's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility17 274 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF17 274 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

The greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes) is a passerine bird which is a breeding resident of arid, desert and semi-desert regions from the Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. It was formerly known as the bifasciated lark and sometimes as the large desert lark.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology13

Beak depth5.1 mm

Beak length (culmen)29 mm

Beak length (nares)19.1 mm

Beak width5 mm

Body mass39.62 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 39.62 g · AVONET: 43.72 g · EltonTraits: 43.72 g

Body mass (female)36.5 g

Body mass (male)45 g

Hand-wing index28

Kipp's distance33.9 mm

Secondary length86.9 mm

Tail length88.8 mm

Tarsus length30.8 mm

Wing length121 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass3.62 g

Litter size2.69

Diet & foraging7

Ground100 %

Invertebrate70 %

Plant other10 %

Seed10 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Vertebrate ectotherm10 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatDesert

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size10 471 834 km²

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Alaemon alaudipes has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type17 274 records

Wild obs. + sensor17 248

Museum / vouchered21

Other5

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO14 732 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 2 662≤1 km 405≤10 km 108>10 km 134

3 309 georeferenced · 13 939 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor17 248

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence21

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Geneva, CH	6
Ann Arbor, US	6
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	2
Bourges, FR	2
Bonn, DE	2
Cambridge, US	1

6 institutions · 19 of 21 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Alaemon alaudipes was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median27.6 °C 25.2–30.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.0 °C

Max temp (day)30.2 °C 27.6–32.8

Min temp (night)25.0 °C 22.9–27.1

Precipitation15.5 mm/mo 14.0–17.0

Air humidity61.2 % 60.1–62.3

Moisture balance-133 mm/mo -150–-116

Vapour deficit1,457 Pa 1,216–1,698

Wind speed2.90 m/s 2.60–3.20

Cloud cover14.5 % 14.1–14.8

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Alaemon alaudipes

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging7

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type17 274 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions5 of 6 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type17 274 records