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Red-capped Lark / Calandrella cinerea LC
- Synonyms Redcapped Lark, Short-toed Lark, Rufous Short-toed Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark
- Old latin name for bird Alauda cinerea
Red-capped Larkbird sounds *
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* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
Related species

Hume's Short-toed Lark

Blanford's Lark

Rufous-capped Lark

Greater Short-toed Lark

Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Where to see Red-capped Lark
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion w, e, s
Red-capped Lark subspecies (5)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calandrella cinerea cinerea | s, c Namibia, s Botswana, Zimbabwe and s Africa | - | No |
| Calandrella cinerea rufipecta | c Nigeria (Jos Plateau) | - | No |
| Calandrella cinerea saturatior | Uganda and w Kenya s to Angola, ne Namibia, n Botswana and Zambia | - | No |
| Calandrella cinerea spleniata | wc Angola to wc Namibia | - | No |
| Calandrella cinerea williamsi | c Kenya | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooikoplewerik |
| Albanian | Drenja e përhimtë |
| Arabic | القبرة قصيرة الاصبع |
| Armenian | Փոքր Արտույտ |
| Azerbaijani | Kiçik torağay, kiçik turağayça |
| Basque | Txoriandre arrunta |
| Belarusian | Малы жаўрук, Жаваранак малы |
| Breton | Ar c'hodioac'h-tevenn |
| Bulgarian | Късопръста чучулига, Малка чучулига |
| Catalan | Terrerola vulgar, terrerola de casquet |
| Chinese | 红顶短趾百灵, 大短趾百灵, 短趾沙百灵, [da duan-zhi bai-ling], 短趾百灵, [duan-zhi sha bai-ling], [duan-zhi bai-ling] |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 短趾百靈, 短趾沙百靈 |
| Croatian | Ševa čevrljužica, Kratkoprsta ševa, Mala Ševa, crvenokapa ševa |
| Czech | skřivánek rudotemenný, Skrivánek Gmelinuv |
| Danish | Rødisset Lærke, Korttået Lærke |
| Dutch | Roodkapleeuwerik, Roodkruinleeuwerik, Kortteenleeuwerik |
| Esperanto | Ruĝverta alaŭdo, Mallongfingra alaŭdo, Ruĝkrona alaŭdo |
| Estonian | punapea-väikelõoke, Välja-väikelõoke |
| Faroese | Eyrlerkur |
| Finnish | Lyhytvarvaskiuru, punalakkikiuru |
| French | Alouette calandrelle à tête rousse, Alouette calendrelle à tête rousse, Alouette pispolette, Alouette calandrelle, Alouette cendrille, Alouette calandre, Alouette grosse |
| Frisian | Readkrúnljurk |
| Galician | Calandriña, Calandriña de barrete vermello |
| Georgian | პატარა ტოროლა |
| German | Kurzzehen-Lerche, Rotkappenlerche, Rotkappen-Lerche, Erlanger-Lerche, Rotscheitellerche, Kurzzehenlerche |
| Greek | Μικρογαλιάντρα |
| Hebrew | עפרונן קצר־אצבעות, עפרונן קצר-אצבעות, עפרונן קצר עצבאות |
| Hungarian | Sziki pacsirta |
| Icelandic | Sandlævirki |
| Irish | Fuiseog Ladharghearr, Fuiseog cheanndearg |
| Italian | Calandrella capirossa, Calandrella |
| Japanese | ヒメコウテンシ, アフリカヒメコウテンシ |
| Kazakh | Кіші бозторғай |
| Korean | 쇠종다리 |
| Latvian | rudgalvas cīrulis, Blāvais sīkcīrulis |
| Lithuanian | mažasis trumpapirštis vieversys, Rudakuodis vieversys |
| Macedonian | Краткоопашеста (Мала) чучулига |
| Maltese | Bilbla |
| Mongolian | Бялзуумар |
| Northern Sami | Rukseskruvdnaleivvoš |
| Norwegian | rustdverglerke, Dveglerke, Dverglerke |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Rustdverglerke |
| Polish | skowrończyk rdzawołbisty, skowronczyk rdzawolbisty, Skowrończyk krótkopalcowy |
| Portuguese | calhandrinha-de-barrete-vermelho, Cotovia-de-barrete-vermelho, Calhandrinha-comum, Calhandrinha de barrete vermelho |
| Romansh | Lodola detta curta |
| Russian | Жаворонок малый, Короткопалый жаворонок, Короткопалый жаворонок - Малый жав..., Малый жаворонок, Африканский малый жаворонок, Красноголовый жаворонок, Обыкновенный малый жаворонок |
| Serbian | Crvenokapa ševa, kratkoprsta ševa, Краткопрста шева |
| Slovak | Ékovránok červenotemenný, škovránka čiapočkatá |
| Slovenian | Sivi kratkoprsti škrjanček, Kratkoprsti škrjanček |
| Spanish | Terrera capirotada, Terrera Común |
| Swahili | Kipozamataza Kibenzi-chekundu |
| Swedish | Korttålärka, rödkronad lärka |
| Turkish | Kızıl-tepeli Toygar, kızıl tepeli toygar, Bozkır toygarı, Kızıl Tepeli Bozkır Toygarı |
| Ukrainian | Малий жайворонок, Жайворонок малий , жайворонок малий |
| Welsh | Ehedydd llwyd, Ehedydd coruncoch |
| Xhosa | Intibane |
| Zulu | umNtoli |








