Feldlerche vs Großer Kohl-Weißling

Alauda arvensis compared with Pieris brassicae

Key Differences

• Feldlerche is Vulnerable while Großer Kohl-Weißling is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Feldlerche	Großer Kohl-Weißling
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class	Aves (Vögel)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order	Passeriformes (Sperlingsvögel)	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)
Family	Alaudidae	Pieridae
Genus	Alauda	Pieris
Species	Alauda arvensis	Pieris brassicae

Evolutionary Relationship

Feldlerche and Großer Kohl-Weißling share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Feldlerche

VU — Vulnerable

Großer Kohl-Weißling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Feldlerche	Großer Kohl-Weißling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Großer Kohl-Weißling

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (41 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile).

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.

Großer Kohl-Weißling

Large Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States