Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Alaudidae > Genus: Melanocorypha > Species: Melanocorypha yeltoniensis

Black Lark - Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (Forster, 1768)

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Threat status Europe	Critically Endangered (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Critically Endangered

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Alouette nègre	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Black Lark	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Calandra nera	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Calandria Negra	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Calhandra-negra	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kalandra czarna	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Mohrenlerche	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Mustakiuru	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Svartlärka	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Szerecsenpacsirta	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Zwarte Leeuwerik	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

EURing code:09660	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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