Tibetan lark

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Tibetan lark
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Melanocorypha
Species:
M. maxima
Binomial name
Melanocorypha maxima
Blyth, 1867
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     range [2]

The Tibetan lark (Melanocorypha maxima) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found on the Tibetan plateau from north-western India to central China. [3] Alternate names for this species include the Asiatic lark, long-billed calandra lark and long-billed lark. [4]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Melanocorypha maxima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22717292A118714416. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22717292A118714416.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Based on maps in the Handbook of the Birds of the World and the BirdLife Datazone
  3. ↑ "Nicators, reedling & larks « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  4. ↑ "Melanocorypha maxima - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-15.

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