Großes Wiesenvögelchen vs Feldlerche

Coenonympha tullia compared with Alauda arvensis

Key Differences

• Großes Wiesenvögelchen is Extinct while Feldlerche is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Großes Wiesenvögelchen	Feldlerche
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Aves (Vögel)
Order	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)	Passeriformes (Sperlingsvögel)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Alaudidae
Genus	Coenonympha	Alauda
Species	Coenonympha tullia	Alauda arvensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Großes Wiesenvögelchen and Feldlerche share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Großes Wiesenvögelchen

EX — Extinct

Feldlerche

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Großes Wiesenvögelchen	Feldlerche
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Großes Wiesenvögelchen

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (27 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Feldlerche

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Großes Wiesenvögelchen

Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) is classified as Extinct (EX) on the IUCN Red List. This species has been declared extinct, with no known living individuals remaining in the wild or in captivity.

Feldlerche

Celebrated across European literature and poetry for its complex, melodious song sung on the wing during spectacular display flights, Eurasian skylarks soar vertically hundreds of meters above open farmland, grassland, and heathland across Europe and Asia while producing an uninterrupted torrent of song lasting up to an hour. Males can produce over 700 distinct song phrases. Once enormously abundant across European farmland, skylark populations have declined over 70% since 1970 due to agricultural intensification.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇦 Canada 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States