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Black Lark
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species of bird
OverviewAI-generated
The Black Lark, scientifically named *Melanocorypha yeltoniensis*, is a species of bird within the genus *Melanocorypha*. It is also referred to by the common names Mohrenlerche, Calandria Negra, calàndria negra, and Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark. The species has a mass of 63.7 and a litter size of 4, with an egg incubation period of 15.
According to the IUCN Red List, the conservation status of the Black Lark is Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2025. The organism is classified as a taxon and belongs to the class Aves.
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Species
Least ConcernBlack-crowned Sparrow-Lark
species
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melanocorypha
- Mass
- 56.4
- Image
- Zwarte leeuwerik.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
- Commons category
- Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
- taxon common name
- crna ševa
- litter size
- 4
- egg incubation period
- 15
- short name
- M. yeltoniensis
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Encyclopedic overview
Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
The black lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in south-eastern Russia and Kazakhstan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black Lark” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.