Peruvian Pipit - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Jamfaraco
Florian polis, SC, Brazil, August 2004

Anthus lutescens

Includes: Peruvian Pipit

Identification

13 cm (5 in)

• Narrow white eye-ring
• Very long nail in the back toe

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: found only in Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies peruvianus, Peruvian Pipit
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Laguna El Paraíso, Huaura Province, Peru, August 2017

Subspecies

There are three subspecies^[1]:

• A. l. parvus
  • Western Panama
• A. l. lutescens
  • Eastern Colombia to Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, and Argentina
• A. l. peruvianus
  • Coastal northern Peru to extreme northern Chile - split as Peruvian Pipit by IOC

Habitat

Temperate grassland, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and pastureland. Often near water.

Behaviour

Breeding

They display by flying up singing a very low song and, when they get to the apex of the flight, comes down with open wings (like a parachute) and emits a buzzing sound that gives them the Portuguese name, "Walking-buzzer".

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Peruvian Pipit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Peruvian_Pipit

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