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Tibetan Lark
Melanocorypha maxima Blyth, E 1867
The Tibetan lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found on the Tibetan plateau from north-western India to central China. Alternate names for this species include the Asiatic lark, long-billed calandra lark and long-billed lark. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Alaudidae
Genus:
Melanocorypha
Scientific:
Melanocorypha maxima
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Alaudidae
Genus:
Melanocorypha
Scientific:
Melanocorypha maxima
Original description
Citation:
Blyth, E 1867
Reference:
Ibis
Protonym:
Melanocorypha maxima
Type locality:
Afghanistan.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8455320
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
9AC67428EEF90BE7
Avibase ID:
avibase-9AC67428
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9AC67428
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561040
Geographic range:
- Melanocorypha maxima: Tibetan plateau from nw India to c China
Source: Clements checklist
Tibetan Lark
Catalan:
calàndria del Tibet
Czech:
kalandra horská
Danish:
Tibetanlærke
German:
Sumpflerche
Spanish:
Calandria Tibetana
Spanish (Spain):
Calandria Tibetana
Finnish:
tiibetinkiuru
French:
Alouette du Tibet
Croatian:
tibetska ševa
Hungarian:
óriáspacsirta
Icelandic:
Tíbetlævirki
Italian:
Calandra del Tibet
Japanese (romaji):
ookoutenshi
Japanese:
オオコウテンシ
Lithuanian:
Tibetinis stepinis vieversys
Dutch:
Moerasleeuwerik
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Tibetlerke
Norwegian:
Tibetlerke
Polish:
kalandra długodzioba
Portuguese:
Calhandra-do-tibete
Portuguese (Portugal):
calhandra-do-tibete
Russian:
Тибетский жаворонок
Slovak:
škovran močiarny
Serbian:
Tibetanska velika ševa
Swedish:
tibetlärka
Ukrainian:
Жайворонок довгодзьобий
Chinese:
长嘴百灵
Chinese (Traditional):
長嘴百靈
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Alouette du Tibet ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Alouette du Tibet ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Long-billed Calandra Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Long-billed Calandra Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Long-billed Calandra Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Long-billed Calandra Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Long-billed Calandra Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Melanocorypha maxima [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Melanocorypha maxima [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Melanocorypha maxima [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Tibetan Lark ( Melanocorypha maxima) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melanocorypha maxima [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melanocorypha maxima [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Tibetaanse lewerik
Breton: Alc'hweder Tibet
Catalan: calàndria del Tibet
Czech: Kalandra horská
Welsh: Ehedydd Tibet
Danish: Tibetanlærke, Tibetansk lærke
German: Langschnabellerche, Sumpflerche
English: Asiatic Lark, Long-billed Calandra Lark, Long-billed Lark, Tibetan Lark
English, HBW: Tibetan Lark
English (IOC): Tibetan Lark
English (United States): Tibetan Lark
Esperanto: Tibeta alaŭdo
Spanish: Calandria de Pico Largo, Calandria Tibetana
Spanish (Spain): Calandria Tibetana
Spanish (HBW): Tibetan Lark
Estonian: tiibeti lõoke, tiibeti stepilõoke
Finnish: Tiibetinkiuru
French: Alouette du Tibet, Grande Calandre
Frisian: Sompeljurk
Galician: Calandra tibetana
Croatian: tibetska ševa, Tibetska velika ševa
Hungarian: óriáspacsirta
Icelandic: Tíbetlævirki
Italian: Calandra del Tibet, Calandra maggiore
Japanese (romaji): ō kōtenshi, ookoutenshi
Japanese: オオコウテンシ
Japanese (Kanji): 大告天子
Scientific: Melanocorypha maxima, Melanocorypha maxima maxima
Lithuanian: Tibetinis stepinis vieversys
Latvian: Tibetas cīrulis
Nepali: हिमाली भारद्वाज
Dutch: Moerasleeuwerik
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tibetlerke
Norwegian: Tibetlarke, Tibetlerke
Polish: kalandra dlugodzioba, kalandra długodzioba
Pinyin: cháng-zuǐ bǎi-líng
Portuguese: Calhandra-do-tibete
Portuguese (Portugal): calhandra-do-tibete
Rhaeto-Romance: Lodola gronda
Russian: Большой (степной) жаворонок, Большой жаворонок, Тибетский жаворонок
Slovak: škovran močiarny
Serbian: Tibetanska velika ševa
Swedish: Tibetlärka
Turkish: Çamur toygarı, Tibet toygarı
Tatar: Тибет тургае
Ukrainian: Жайворонок довгодзьобий
Uzbek: катта тўрғай
Chinese: 长嘴百灵
Chinese (Traditional): 長嘴百靈
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