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+ | [[Image:Tawny_Pipit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Mugil|Mugil}}<br />Secovlje Salina, [[Slovenia]]]] | ||
;[[:Category:Anthus|Anthus]] campestris | ;[[:Category:Anthus|Anthus]] campestris | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
− | 16.5-18 cm<br /> | + | 16.5-18 cm (6½-7 in)<br /> |
− | + | The pale sandy plumage, bold eye-stripe and prominent line of black feathers on the median coverts are also useful features.<br /> | |
'''Juveniles''' are more heavily streaked and hence are confusable with [[Richard's Pipit]]s, but are sleeker and always show distinctive dark lores. | '''Juveniles''' are more heavily streaked and hence are confusable with [[Richard's Pipit]]s, but are sleeker and always show distinctive dark lores. | ||
+ | ====Similar Species==== | ||
+ | The almost complete lack of streaks on the underparts is one of the best ways to tell a Tawny Pipit, though beware summer plumage [[Water Pipit]]. Tawny Pipit looks bigger and leggier than other pipits. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Europe]] and [[Asia]] and northwest [[Africa]]. | [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] and northwest [[Africa]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
− | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | + | ====Subspecies==== |
+ | There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
*''A. c. campestris'': | *''A. c. campestris'': | ||
:*[[Europe]] to North [[Africa]], [[Middle East]] and [[Asia]]; winters to [[Africa]] and [[India]] | :*[[Europe]] to North [[Africa]], [[Middle East]] and [[Asia]]; winters to [[Africa]] and [[India]] | ||
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Dry open country including semi-deserts. | Dry open country including semi-deserts. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | Their diet consists mostly of insects, including grasshoppers and locusts; supplemented with seeds. | ||
====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
It nests on the ground; the clutch consisting of 4-6 eggs. | It nests on the ground; the clutch consisting of 4-6 eggs. | ||
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<flashmp3>Anthus campestris (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Anthus campestris (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Anthus campestris (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Anthus campestris (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
+ | ==References== | ||
+ | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2015) | ||
+ | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Tawny+Pipit}} | {{GSearch|Tawny+Pipit}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Anthus]] [[Category:Bird Songs]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Anthus]] [[Category:Bird Songs]] |
Revision as of 19:26, 21 June 2015
- Anthus campestris
Identification
16.5-18 cm (6½-7 in)
The pale sandy plumage, bold eye-stripe and prominent line of black feathers on the median coverts are also useful features.
Juveniles are more heavily streaked and hence are confusable with Richard's Pipits, but are sleeker and always show distinctive dark lores.
Similar Species
The almost complete lack of streaks on the underparts is one of the best ways to tell a Tawny Pipit, though beware summer plumage Water Pipit. Tawny Pipit looks bigger and leggier than other pipits.
Distribution
Europe and Asia and northwest Africa.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- A. c. campestris:
- A. c. kastschenkoi:
- A. c. griseus:
- South-western Kazakhstan to north-eastern Iran, Afghanistan, north-western China; winters to south-western and southern Asia
Habitat
Dry open country including semi-deserts.
Behaviour
Their diet consists mostly of insects, including grasshoppers and locusts; supplemented with seeds.
Breeding
It nests on the ground; the clutch consisting of 4-6 eggs.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Anthus campestris (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tawny Pipit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tawny_Pipit