Larks (Alaudidae)
Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis) - HBW 9, p. 581
French: Alouette nègre
German: Mohrenlerche
Spanish: Calandria Negra
Taxonomy: Alauda yeltoniensis J. R. Forster, 1767, Lake El’ton, south-west Russia.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds in SW Russia and N Kazakhstan from just W of R Volga E to L Zaysan, and S to N shores of Caspian Sea, Aral Sea and just N of L Balkhash. Winters S to Black Sea region, Caucasus, N Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and S Kazakhstan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male running on the ground Locality South Stack Island, Wales, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Richard Johnson 7 June 2003 5 years ago 37 sec 3.8 -
Males in display flight Locality Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve, Akmola Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 21 May 2008 5 weeks ago 21 sec 3 -
A male foraging on the ground and occasionally singing Locality Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve, Akmola Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 21 May 2008 5 weeks ago 53 sec 3 -
A male feeding along a track Locality Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve, Akmola Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 21 May 2008 5 weeks ago 18 sec 2.8
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Bird on the ground.
Locality Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve, Akmola Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 20 May 2009 1 year ago 2
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