Полевой жаворонок vs Variable Webcap

Alauda arvensis compared with Cortinarius anomalus

Key Differences

Полевой жаворонок is Vulnerable while Variable Webcap is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Полевой жаворонок	Variable Webcap
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Fungi (грибы)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Basidiomycota (базидиомицеты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Agaricomycetes (агарикомицеты)
Order	Passeriformes (воробьинообразные)	Agaricales (агариковые)
Family	Alaudidae	Cortinariaceae
Genus	Alauda	Cortinarius
Species	Alauda arvensis	Cortinarius anomalus

Conservation Status

Полевой жаворонок

VU — Vulnerable

Variable Webcap

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Полевой жаворонок	Variable Webcap
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.

Variable Webcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.