---
title: "Calhandrinha-comum"
description: "Calandrella brachydactyla — Aves. The greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/greater-short-toed-lark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Calhandrinha-comum

> Calandrella brachydactyla — Aves. The greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird.

- Scientific name: *Calandrella brachydactyla*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 2694
- Wikidata: [Q24843](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24843)
- iNaturalist taxon: [578093](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/578093)

## Names

- en: Greater Short-toed Lark
- de: Kurzzehenlerche
- es: Terrera común
- fr: Alouette calandrelle
- nl: Kortteenleeuwerik
- pt: Calhandrinha-comum
- pl: Skowrończyk krótkopalcowy

## Countries with the most observations

ES (496), RU (256), IN (178), PT (171), DZ (110), IT (109), FR (100), KZ (95), UA (86), TR (72), MA (68), GR (53)

## Summary

The greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird. The current scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name, Calandrella, is a diminutive of kalandros, the calandra lark, and brachydactila is from brakhus, "short", and daktulos, "toe".
It breeds in southern Europe, north-west Africa, and across the Palearctic from Turkey and southern Russia to Mongolia. During migration they form large, tight flocks that move in unison; at other times they form loose flocks.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_short-toed_lark

## Photo

![Calhandrinha-comum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-short-toed-lark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63959323

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-short-toed-lark?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).