Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis - Veldleeuwerik
Eurasia and North-Africa. Introduced in parts of North-America.

The following 11 subspecies are being recognized:
Alauda arvensis arvensis - North-, West- and Central-Europe;
Alauda arvensis sierrae - Portugal, Central- and South-Spain;
Alauda arvensis harterti - Northwest-Africa;
Alauda arvensis cantarella - South-Europe to Balkan, Crimea and Iran. Winters to North-Africa;
Alauda arvensis armenica - Transcaucasia and East-Turkey so Southwest-Iran;
Alauda arvensis dulcivox - Southeast-Russia to Yenisey Basin and Afghanistan. Winters to Northwest-India;
Alauda arvensis kiborti - South-Siberia to North-Mongolia, Manchuria and Korea. Winters to East-China;
Alauda arvensis intermedia - Southeast-Siberia to lower Amur River and Northeast-Manchuria. Winters to East-China;
Alauda arvensis pekinensis - Northeast-Siberia to Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands;
Alauda arvensis lonnbergi - Shantar and Sakhalin Island (Sea of Okhotsk). Winters to Japan;
Alauda arvensis japonica - Major islands in Japanese Archipelago. Winters to Ryukyu Islands.

Of this species there are also Nature Photo's available.