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[[Image:Tibetan Lark.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|tony.saw|tony.saw}}<br />Between Ali and Gyantse, [[Tibet]], August 2007]]                                         
 
;[[:Category:Melanocorypha|Melanocorypha]] maxima
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Bhutan]], [[China]], and [[India]].
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[[Asia]]: found on the [[Tibet|Tibetan]] plateau from north-west [[India]] to central [[China]]
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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Three subspecies are recognised by some authorities: ''M. m. maxima'', ''M. m. holdereri'' and ''M. m. flavescens''<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
  
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Vocalisation====
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Recording by {{user|china+guy|china guy}}, Sichuan, June 2011
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#Avibase
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Photo by tony.saw
Between Ali and Gyantse, Tibet, August 2007
Melanocorypha maxima

Identification

Distribution

Asia: found on the Tibetan plateau from north-west India to central China

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Three subspecies are recognised by some authorities: M. m. maxima, M. m. holdereri and M. m. flavescens[2]

Habitat

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Recording by china guy, Sichuan, June 2011

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase

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