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Plateau Lark

Corypha nigrescens Reichenow, A 1900

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Alaudidae
Genus:
   Corypha
Scientific:
  Corypha nigrescens

Original description

Citation:
  Reichenow, A 1900

Reference:
   Orn. Monatsber. 8 p.39

Protonym:
  Mirafra nigrescens

Type locality:
  Elton Pass, Ukinga, Tanganyika Territory.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101398#page/57/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  34A04B56F3870C09

Avibase ID:
  avibase-34A04B56

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/34A04B56

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 922807

English:
Plateau Lark
Bulgarian:
Малавийска чучулига
Czech:
skřivan načernalý
Danish:
Kitulu Busklærke
Esperanto:
altebenaĵa alaŭdo
Spanish:
Alondra de Meseta
Spanish (Spain):
Alondra de meseta
French:
Alouette noirâtre
Dutch:
Hoogvlakteleeuwerik
Norwegian:
platålerke
Polish:
skowroniec ciemnoplamy
Portuguese:
cotovia-do-planalto
Slovak:
škovránok tanzánijský
Serbian:
Crnopega ševa
Swedish:
platålärka
Turkish:
Büyük Kızıl Enseli Toygar
Chinese:
暗灰歌百灵

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Plateau Lark ( Corypha nigrescens)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Rufous-naped Lark [nigrescens or nyikae] ( Mirafra africana [nigrescens or nyikae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Plateau Lark ( Corypha nigrescens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Plateau Lark ( Corypha nigrescens)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Rufous-naped Lark [nigrescens or nyikae] ( Mirafra africana [nigrescens or nyikae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Rufous-naped Lark [nigrescens or nyikae] ( Mirafra africana [nigrescens or nyikae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Rufous-naped Lark [nigrescens or nyikae] ( Mirafra africana [nigrescens or nyikae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Rufous-naped Lark [nigrescens or nyikae] ( Mirafra africana [nigrescens or nyikae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Rufous-naped Lark [nigrescens or nyikae] ( Mirafra africana [nigrescens or nyikae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Rufous-naped Lark [nigrescens or nyikae] ( Mirafra africana [nigrescens or nyikae])
Avilist 2025:
Plateau Lark ( Corypha nigrescens) [version 3]
Clements, version 2024:
Plateau Lark ( Corypha nigrescens) [version 4]
Clements, version 2025:
Plateau Lark ( Corypha nigrescens) [version 4]
eBird version 1.55:
Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish) ( Mirafra africana nigrescens/nyikae) [version 2]
eBird version 2015:
Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish) ( Mirafra africana nigrescens/nyikae) [version 2]
eBird version 2016:
Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish) ( Mirafra africana nigrescens/nyikae) [version 2]
eBird version 2017:
Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish) ( Mirafra africana nigrescens/nyikae) [version 2]
eBird version 2018:
Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish) ( Mirafra africana nigrescens/nyikae) [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish) ( Mirafra africana nigrescens/nyikae) [version 2]
eBird version 2021:
Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish) ( Mirafra africana nigrescens/nyikae) [version 2]
eBird version 2022:
Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish) ( Mirafra africana nigrescens/nyikae) [version 2]
eBird version 2023:
Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish) ( Mirafra africana nigrescens/nyikae) [version 2]
eBird version 2024:
Plateau Lark ( Corypha nigrescens) [version 4]
eBird version 2025:
Plateau Lark ( Corypha nigrescens) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Plateau Lark ( Corypha nigrescens) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Plateau Lark ( Corypha nigrescens) [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Corypha [africana, athi, kurrae, kabalii or nigriscens] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Rooineklewerik (nigrescens/nyikae)
Bulgarian: Малавийска чучулига
Czech: skřivan načernalý
Danish: Kitulu Busklærke
German: Kurzhaubenlerche (nigrescens/nyikae)
English: Plateau Lark, Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish), Rufous-naped Lark [nigrescens or nyikae]
English (Avilist): Plateau Lark
English, HBW: Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish)
English (IOC): Plateau Lark, Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish)
English (United States): Plateau Lark, Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish)
Esperanto: altebenaĵa alaŭdo
Spanish: Alondra de Meseta, Alondra Nuquirrufa (nigrescens/nyikae)
Spanish (Spain): Alondra de meseta, Alondra Nuquirrufa (nigrescens/nyikae)
Spanish (HBW): Rufous-naped Lark (Blackish)
French: Alouette à nuque rousse (nigrescens/nyikae), Alouette à nuque rousse [nigrescens or nyikae], Alouette à nuque rousse [nigrescens ou nyikae], Alouette noirâtre
French (Guyane): Alouette à nuque rousse (nigrescens/nyikae)
Japanese (romaji): chaeriyabuhibari (nigrescens/nyikae)
Japanese: チャエリヤブヒバリ (nigrescens/nyikae), チャエリヤブヒバリ（nigrescens／nyikae）
Scientific: Corypha nigrescens, Mirafra africana [nigrescens or nyikae], Mirafra africana nigrescens, Mirafra africana nigrescens/nyikae, Mirafra nigrescens
Dutch: Hoogvlakteleeuwerik, Roodnekleeuwerik (nigrescens/nyikae)
Norwegian: melankolilerke (nigrescens/nyikae), platålerke
Polish: skowroniec ciemnoplamy, skowroniec sawannowy (nigrescens/nyikae)
Portuguese: cotovia-do-planalto
Portuguese (Angola): Cotovia-de-nuca-vermelha (nigrescens/nyikae)
Portuguese (Portugal): cotovia-de-nuca-vermelha (nigrescens/nyikae)
Russian: Африканский жаворонок (nigrescens/nyikae)
Slovak: škovránok tanzánijský, škovránok tanzánijský (skup.)
Serbian: Crnopega ševa
Swedish: platålärka, rödnackad lärka (nigrescens/nyikae)
Turkish: Büyük Kızıl Enseli Toygar, Kızıl enseli toygar (nigrescens/nyikae)
Ukrainian: Фірлюк африканський (підвид nigrescens/nyikae)
Chinese: 暗灰歌百灵

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