Black Lark
Melanocorypha yeltoniensis(Forster, JR, 1768)
English (US) Black Lark
The Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alaudidae (Larks) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds steppes of southern Russia and southwestern Siberia; winters to Black Sea regionRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
- Family
- Alaudidae (Larks)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Lark
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1768)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alauda yeltoniensis
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1768)
- Type locality
- Lake Yelton [now Elton], southeastern Russia.
- Original description
- Philosophical Transactions 57 p.350 [ 1768 by CWR ] ?yr
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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