Black Lark
Introduction
A large, distinctive lark (although only the male is black) that breeds in south-west Russia and Kazakhstan. There have been just a very few records of this species in Britain.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.
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Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Alaudidae
- Scientific name: Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
- Authority: JR Forster, 1767
- BTO 5-letter code: BLALA
- Euring code number: 9660
Alternate species names
- Catalan: calàndria negra
- Czech: kalandra cerná
- Danish: Sortlærke
- Dutch: Zwarte Leeuwerik
- Estonian: mustlõoke
- Finnish: mustakiuru
- French: Alouette nègre
- German: Schwarzsteppenlerche
- Hungarian: szerecsenpacsirta
- Icelandic: Sótlævirki
- Italian: Calandra nera
- Latvian: melnais cirulis
- Lithuanian: juodasis stepinis vieversys
- Norwegian: Svartlerke
- Polish: kalandra czarna
- Portuguese: calhandra-preta
- Slovak: škovran cierny
- Slovenian: crni kalander
- Spanish: Calandria negra
- Swedish: svartlärka
- Welsh: Ehedydd Ddu
More Evidence
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