Pipit
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common name for a group of chiefly Eurasian and African birds that together with the wagtails constitute a subfamily of songbirds related to the Old World warblers and thrushes.
Pipits
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A Beginners Guide to North American Pipits ...
Pipit, African aka Grassveld Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus Found: Africa
Photographed by Charlie Westerinen in Zimbabwe
Pipit, American Anthus rubescens rubescens Found: North America, Central America ...
Pipits and wagtails
Pipits are lark-like in their streaky plumage and long hind claws but smaller and more slender than larks, often longer-tailed.
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Larger, bulkier and more upright than Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis). The plumage is darker and the underparts show heavy brown streaking. There is a narrow, broken eye-ring and a pale supercilium.
Rosy Pipit (Anthus roseatus) summers in higher altitudes of Himalayas and winters in foothills and nearby plains of India. Size: 15 cm ...
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Meadow Pipit
Both Sexes
Olive-brown upperparts and pale, heavily streaked underparts.
Anthus pratensis ...
African Pipit
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The pipit and the skylark both have drab plumage to provide camouflage on the ground but the pipit is grey rather than buff coloured and has a distinctive white eyebrow.
American Pipit
Anthus rubescens
The American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) is a ground-dwelling bird which nests on rocky tundra in the western United States and Canada. During the winter it may be found across the southern third of the U.S.
Falkland Pipit
Anthus correndera grayi
Local Name: Skylark
Breeding Range: Falkland Islands
Length: 15cm.
Falklands Population: ~15,000 breeding pairs
World Population: as above
(subspecies restricted to Falklands) ...
American Pipit Anthus rubescens. Fairly common in winter, spring, and fall in all regions. Found in open country, especially on plowed fields and mudflats. Low Conservation Concern.
American Pipit Behaviour
No observations regarding American Pipit behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about American Pipits ...
American pipit Anthus rubescens
Identification Tips:
Length: 5.5 inches
Slender bill
White eye ring and supercilium
White throat with dark malar streak
Brownish-olive upperparts with fine black streaks on back ...
American Pipit Photos
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American Pipit 1 ...
AMERICAN PIPIT OR TITLARK.
[Water Pipit.]
ANTHUS LUDOVICIANUS, Lichtenstein.
[Anthus spinoletta.] ...
Sprague's Pipit
Photp, from Southwestern Louisiana Birding page.
Last updated 4/14/96 ...
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Family Motacillidae
Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta (Linnaeus) ...
The Sprague's Pipit leaves the wintering grounds in April, arriving on breeding grounds late April to mid-May. It leaves the breeding grounds anywhere from September through November and will arrive in wintering grounds over the same period.
American Pipit
(Anthus rubescens)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2011
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Male feeds female during incubation, but away from nest. Young birds gather in late summer flocks. Forms large winter flocks, often in cultivated fields and along beaches. Widespread across Eurasia. Formerly called Water Pipit.
Pipits
Pitta (Pittidae):
Banded Pitta (Pitta guajana)
Bluewing Pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
Fairy Pitta (Pitta brachyura) aka P.nympha
Gurney's Pitta
Noisy / Buff-breasted Pitta (Pitta versicolor)
Rainbow Pitta: Rainbow Pitta (Monsoon) .
Pipits and wagtails are in the order Passeriformes and family Motacillidae. The family Motacillidae is one of the most widespread in the world and is divided into six genera.
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Pipits forage in a group, looking mostly for insects, but will eat other fauna, and some seeds. Their busyness makes a good photo a challenge, and the movement of the tail helps not at all.
American Pipit
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Black-bellied Plover
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae (Pihoihoi)
Fernbird Bowdleria punctata (Matata)
Brown Creeper Mohoua novaeseelandiae (Pipipi) ...
Olive-backed pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
The olive-backed pipit has greenish-olive plumage on its upperparts, from which it receives its common name, and white underparts speckled... More 11 Images 1 Video ...
In 2003 our first pipit (family Motacillidae) turned up. It was sitting on the ground, could be appraoched easily, performed his role as model very well and then took off. In close up this turns out to be a beautiful bird as well.
broadbills, woodcreepers, ovenbirds, antbirds, tapaculos, cotingas, manakins, tyrant flycatchers, sharpbill, plantcutters, pittas, New Zealand wrens, asities, lyrebirds, scrub-birds, larks, swallows & martins, wagtails & pipits, ...
Birds are the peregrine's favourite prey, ranging from small meadow pipits to larger birds such as red grouse and pigeons, although birds as big as a Brent goose may be tackled.
This family contains the pipits and wagtails. These are sparrow - sized ground birds. They are known for bobbing their long tails up and down or wagging them side to side. Their bills are thin and pointed.
Horned larks, Lapland longspurs, and water pipits are also important early in the breeding season. Shorebirds and waterfowl became important food items after they arrive at Rankin Inlet.
Motacillidae - Wagtails & Pipits
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba). First North Carolina record, Falls Lake, Wake Co., NC 10/22/02.
Spomer, R. 1981. Long-billed Curlews and Sprague's Pipits near Pierre. South Dakota Bird Notes 33:78.
Stewart, R. E. 1975. Breeding birds of North Dakota. Tri-College Center for Environmental Studies, Fargo, North Dakota. 295 pages.
Although the kestrel's main prey is small mammals, especially voles, the catalogue of birds taken is a lengthy one. Most observations relate to larks, pipits and finches but kestrels are capable of taking such quarry as fieldfares, ...
This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of Dunnocks, Meadow Pipits, and Eurasian Reed Warblers.
Wagtails and Pipits (MOTACILLIDAE)
Waxwings (BOMBYCILLIDAE)
Silky-Flycatchers (PTILOGONATIDAE)
Wood-Warblers (PARULIDAE)
Tanagers (THRAUPIDAE)
New World Sparrows and Allies (EMBERIZIDAE)
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies (CARDINALIDAE) ...
the dove, Antarctic fulmar, Antarctic cormorant, Kerguelen cormorant, Dominican gull, Brown skua, McCormick's skua, Arctic tern, Kerguelen tern, Wattled sheathbill, Lesser sheathbill, South Georgia pintail, Kerguelen pintail, and South Georgia pipit ...
 See also: Wagtail, Warbler, Sparrow, Flamingo, Flycatcher
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