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Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis [JR Forster, 1767]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Alaudidae
BTO Codes:
,
EURING No:
9660
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
3 Concern, most not in Europe; Endangered
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
20 cm
Wingspan:
37 cm
Weight:
M/F: 63 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: melas =black + koruphos =lark
and after Lake Yelton in Volgograd, Russia
World Distribution:
c Asia
Habitat:
Dry grassy steppe
Diet:
Records and Distribution
First Record:
East Yorkshire, 1984
(Degnan & Croft 2005. British Birds 98:306-313)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
2
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
No Records
North-east England:
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
No Records
Wales:
Other Names
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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