Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis [JR Forster, 1767] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Alaudidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 9660 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
20 cm
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Wingspan: 37 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 63 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: melas=black + koruphos=lark and after Lake Yelton in Volgograd, Russia |
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World Distribution:
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c Asia |
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Habitat:
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Dry grassy steppe |
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First Record:
East Yorkshire, 1984
(Degnan & Croft 2005. British Birds 98:306-313)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
2
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Scotland:
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North-east England:
East Yorkshire
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Wales:
Anglesey
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Sort lærke | Dutch: Zwarte Leeuwerik |
| Finnish: Mustakiuru | French: Alouette nègre |
| German: Mohrenlerche | Hungarian: Szerecsenpacsirta |
| Icelandic: Sótlævirki | Irish: |
| Italian: Calandra nera | Norwegian: Svartlerke |
| Polish: Kalandra czarna | Portuguese: Calhandra-negra |
| Spanish: Calandria negra | Swedish: Svartlärka |
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