[2] It is partially migratory, with birds tending to move south in winter.

The specific leucoptera means "white-winged", from leukos, "white", and pteron, "wing".

[3] Formerly, the white-winged lark was classified as belonging to the genus Melanocorypha until moved to Alauda in 2014.

The white-winged lark lives in dry, open steppe and plains.

Habitat destruction due to ploughing is one of the main threats to the white-winged lark.