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 LC    Black Lark* Id (Atlas):
    Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Alaudidae (Larks)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Forster, 1767)

Habitat
Temperate grassland.

Range (Guide)
Armenia (NB), Azerbaijan, Georgia (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of], Kazakhstan (B), Moldova [Republic of] (NB), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (NB), Russia (European) (B), Turkey (NB), Turkmenistan (NB), Ukraine (NB), Uzbekistan.

Vagrant to Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Mongolia, Poland, Sweden.

Breeds in south-western Russia and northern Kazakhstan from just west of R Volga east to L Zaysan, and south to northern shores of Caspian Sea, Aral Sea and just north of L Balkhash. Winters south to Black Sea region, Caucasus, northern Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and southern Kazakhstan.
 
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 420,000 (2010).

Status LC
Loss of steppe to cultivation and livestock farming is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

 
Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis) [XC444151]
     by Oscar Campbell from Lake Saumalkol, Korgalzhyn District, Akmola Province, Kazakhstan (call, flight call)

 
Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis) [XC813495]
     by Peter Boesman from Tselinograd, Kazakhstan (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis) - 10 files


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