The Tibetan lark (''Melanocorypha maxima'') 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 on the

Tibetan plateau The Tibetan Plateau (, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or the Qing–Zang Plateau () or as the Himalayan Plateau in India, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South and East Asia covering most of the ...

from north-western India to central China. Alternate names for this species include the Asiatic lark, long-billed calandra lark and long-billed lark.

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- Animal Diversity Web Tibetan lark Birds of Tibet Birds of Central China Tibetan lark Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Tibetan lark {{Alaudidae-stub