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 1 year ago 23 sec 4.5 -
A bird in a windy day Locality Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2009 2 years ago 27 sec 4 -
An adult moving on the rocks Locality Las Lajas Recreational Area, Tenerife, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Job Roig i Simon 18 December 2004 6 years ago 15 sec 3.7 -
A bird catching, killing and eating a millipede on the ground, cleaning bill, calling twice before flying away Locality Las Salinas, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Stuart Fisher 4 March 2008 3 years ago 44 sec 3.3 -
An individual walking on the ground. Locality Madeira, Madeira Islands (ssp madeirensis)
Adrian Long 30 November 2000 8 years ago 9 sec 3.3 -
A bird moving on rocks, with strong wind. Locality Roques de García, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Carlos Fabregat 28 September 2007 2 years ago 28 sec 3
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male perched (watching at the female)
Locality Tenerife, Canary Islands
Georges Olioso 23 March 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
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 42 weeks ago 4 -
Berthelot's Pipit perched on a stone
Locality La Palma, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Fabienne Muriset 5 March 2007 1 year ago 4 -
This Berthelot's Pipit was feeding on the ground
Locality Tenerife, Canary Islands
Nicole Bouglouan 27 December 2007 2 years ago 4 -
nest with 4 eggs
Locality Tenerife, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Georges Olioso 25 March 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Near the parking on the Roque de los Muchachos, at 2426 m, Berthelot's Pipits are not very shy
Locality Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Canary Islands (ssp berthelotii)
Gerard Visser 24 September 2006 1 year ago 3.9
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Calls of an individual on the ground Locality Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
(ssp berthelotii)
Stuart Fisher 4 March 2008 2 years ago 2.8
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