Calandra Lark

(Melanocorypha calandra)

Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) – Least Concern

Population size: 3 000 – 5 000 pairs

Distribution pattern

With patchy and less dispersed distribution in plains and in low hilly areas in different parts of the country, mainly in Kraimorska Dobrudzha, the areas around Derventa Hills, in Sakar and the northern parts of the Eastern Rhodopes, the Thracian Plain and the Struma River Valley with the adjacent parts of Southern Pirin and Slavyanka. With isolated or located in neighbouring squares breeding sites also in other parts of the country.

Comparative distribution of the species compared to the first breeding birds atlas (Iankov, 2007): Breeding locality until 2007 | Breeding locality until 2007, confirmed after 2015 – | New breeding locality after 2015. – The breeding localities after 2015 are identified on a base of raw data from smartbirds.org.

Habitats

Breeds mainly in steppes and dry calcareous grasslands, in dry siliceous grasslands (most often pastures) and waste lands, less often in perennial grass crops (alfalfa fields) or in smaller grasslands in crop fields.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed