This lark was treated as a distinct Maghreb form in a field study. Moroccan observations described a larger, longer bill than in Crested Larks and records from breeding sites with less vegetation cover.
The 2010 study describes a larger, longer bill than in the related Crested Lark.
In the Moroccan breeding-season study, Maghreb Lark stations had less vegetation cover than Crested Lark stations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.