Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Berthelot's Pipit (Anthus berthelotii) - HBW 9, p. 755
French: Pipit de Berthelot
German: Kanarenpieper
Spanish: Bisbita Caminero
Other common names: Canarian/Canary Islands Pipit
Taxonomy: Anthus Berthelotii Bolle, 1862, Canary Islands.
Relationships uncertain; believed to be closest to A. campestris, but behavioural aspects suggest possible affinities with A. similis. Race madeirensis sometimes subsumed in nominate. Birds from Lanzarote, described as race lanzaroteae, considered indistinguishable from nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- madeirensis Hartert, 1905 - Madeira Archipelago (Madeira, Desertas and Porto Santo, reported also from Baixo I).
- berthelotii Bolle, 1862 - Selvagens and Canary Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground. Locality Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Jeremiusz Trzaska 24 March 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 4.7 -
A bird in a windy day Locality Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2009 3 years ago 27 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched on a rock calling Locality Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Eric Roualet 29 December 2012 19 weeks ago 20 sec 3.8 -
An adult moving on the rocks Locality Las Lajas Recreational Area, Tenerife, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Job Roig i Simon 18 December 2004 8 years ago 15 sec 3.7 -
A back view of a bird Locality Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Eric Roualet 23 December 2012 20 weeks ago 8 sec 3.5 -
A bird foraging Locality Janubio Marsh, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Eric Roualet 28 December 2012 19 weeks ago 19 sec 3.4
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Sitting on a stone
Locality Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Thorsten Stegmann 20 February 2011 27 weeks ago 4.4 -
male perched (watching at the female)
Locality Tenerife, Canary Islands
Georges Olioso 23 March 2009 4 years ago 4.4 -
Bird hoping for food
Locality Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Holger Meinig 27 November 2012 24 weeks ago 4 -
Berthelot's Pipit (Anthus berthelotii) working hard to take the photographers attention away from its children.
Locality Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Stein Arne Jensen 17 April 2011 2 years ago 4 -
Berthelot's Pipit perched on a stone
Locality La Palma, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Fabienne Muriset 5 March 2007 2 years ago 4 -
This Berthelot's Pipit was feeding on the ground
Locality Tenerife, Canary Islands
Nicole Bouglouan 27 December 2007 3 years ago 4
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Calls of an individual on the ground Locality Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
(ssp berthelotii)
Stuart Fisher 4 March 2008 3 years ago 3
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