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The Mongolian lark (''Melanocorypha mongolica'') is a species of
lark
Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. Larks have a cosmopolitan distribution with the largest number of species occurring in Africa. Only a single species, the horned lark, occurs in North America, and only Horsfield's bush lark oc ...
in the family Alaudidae
Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. Larks have a cosmopolitan distribution with the largest number of species occurring in Africa. Only a single species, the horned lark, occurs in North America, and only Horsfield's bush lark occ ...
found from southern Russia and Mongolia to central China.
The Mongolian Lark is known for its elaborate singing and even well into adulthood, is able to learn new songs. While female Mongolian Larks don’t sing, they have noteworthy song control nuclei with strong connectivity. Male Mongolian Larks have large song bouts and song phrases that allow them to have extremely large song control nuclei.
Taxonomy and systematics
The black lark was originally placed in the genus '' Alauda''. Alternate names for the black lark include Mongolian sand-lark and Mongolian skylark.
References
Mongolian lark Birds of Mongolia Birds of North China Mongolian lark Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Alaudidae-stub