Полевой жаворонок vs pine vole

Alauda arvensis compared with Microtus subterraneus

Key Differences

• Полевой жаворонок is Vulnerable while pine vole is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Полевой жаворонок	pine vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum same	Chordata (хордовые)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Passeriformes (воробьинообразные)	Rodentia (грызуны)
Family	Alaudidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Alauda	Microtus
Species	Alauda arvensis	Microtus subterraneus

Evolutionary Relationship

Полевой жаворонок and pine vole share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (хордовые)

Conservation Status

Полевой жаворонок

VU — Vulnerable

pine vole

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Полевой жаворонок	pine vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Полевой жаворонок

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.

pine vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Belgium. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Полевой жаворонок

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 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium