From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Black Lark
Black Lark
Black Lark Vagrancy
Conservation status Black Lark is a very rare vagrant away from its breeding
range, with records during both spring and autumn pas-
sage periods, and also in winter; the following is a com-
plete list of European records away from the breeding
range & normal wintering range at the time of writing
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) (2005):
Scientific classification • A male at Alessandria, Piemonte on an unknown date
in autumn
Kingdom: Animalia • Three males, one shot, at Breitensee, Vienna, on an
Phylum: Chordata unknown date between 1857 & 1874
• A female on Heligoland on 27 April
Class: Aves
• A male on Heligoland on 27 July
Order: Passeriformes • One in March
• One at Dobrogea in March
Family: Alaudidae
• One at Küçükçekmece, Istanbul on 14 October
Genus: Melanocorypha • One in winter
Species: M. yeltoniensis
• One at Athens in spring
• A male at Athens on 20 April
Binomial name • One at Manfredonia, Puglia, on 3 May
Melanocorypha yeltoniensis • A flock of eight at Lake Koronia on 20 February
(Forster, 1767) • Two at the Axios Delta on 8 February
• A male at Zakupy on 28 November
The Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, breeds in
Lark, • A male at Spurn, Yorkshire on 27 April
southeast Russia and Kazakhstan. It is partially migrato- • One at Kosienice on 17 January
ry, with birds from the northwest of its breeding range • A male at Joensuu on 24 March
moving south-east to winter further into Russia and • A male at Korppoo on 8 April
neighbouring countries, as far as the northern Black Sea • A male at Karlstad on 6 & 7 May
coasts in southern Ukraine. • A female at Cape Kaliakra on 25 May
This is a bird of open steppe, often near water. Its nest • A male at RSPB South Stack, Anglesey from 1 to 8
is on the ground, with 4-5 eggs being laid. Food is seeds June
and insects, the latter especially in the breeding season. An individual was also recorded on an unknown date
It is gregarious in winter. (prior to 2003) in Lebanon.
This is a large, robust lark, 18-20.5 cm in length. The
adult male is unmistakable, being all black with some
pale feather fringes on its back, and with a yellowish or
References
pink bill. The female is undistinguished in comparison, • BirdLife International (2006). Melanocorypha
mainly dark-blotched grey above and paler below. Her yeltoniensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
legs and underwing are black. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12
The song is like a frantic version of that of Skylark. May 2006.
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Categories:
• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Melanocorypha
• Birds of Turkey
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