Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
French: Pipit farlouse German: Wiesenpieper Spanish: Bisbita Pratense
Taxonomy:
Alauda pratensis Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Relationships uncertain; possibly forms a clade with A. roseatus, A. cervinus, A. spinoletta, A. petrosus and A. rubescens. Validity of race whistleri debatable, possibly only a clinal variant. Proposed races enigmaticus (described from Tashkent) and theresae (W Ireland) included, respectively, in nominate and whistleri. Two subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - breeds SE Greenland, Iceland, and from N, NW & C Europe (except N Scotland and Ireland) E to W Siberia, S to S France and C Romania; has bred Italy (Appennines); isolated population in Caucasus (border mountains of Georgia and Armenia). Winters S to N Africa, Middle East and SW Asia.
- whistleri Clancey, 1942 - N Scotland and Ireland.
- Least Concern
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An adult calling on a post and flying away Sourbrodt, Liège Province, Belgium (pratensis)
Jean Hupperetz 12 July 2003 5 years ago 34 sec 4.4 -
An adult carrying food Sourbrodt, Liège Province, Belgium (pratensis)
Jean Hupperetz 12 July 2003 5 years ago 17 sec 4.1 -
A bird foraging in long grass Isle of Iona, Scotland, UK
Keith Blomerley 27 May 2009 33 weeks ago 29 sec 4 -
A bird on the ground, catching a worm and flying away. Sariñena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (pratensis)
Jesús Laborda 21 December 2008 48 weeks ago 31 sec 4 -
An adult in the grass Oudenburg, West Flanders Province, Belgium (pratensis)
Leo Janssen 17 March 2000 6 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
An individual foraging & calling, with one burst of song Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire, England, UK (pratensis)
Joe Angseesing 2 July 2008 20 weeks ago 43 sec 3.8
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An adult in the hand. Segur de Calafell, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (pratensis)
Alberto Soria 20 February 1978 10 weeks ago 3.3 -
on the ground Sigean, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (pratensis)
Georges Olioso 25 December 2007 37 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird on the ground. Salthouse, Norfolk, England, UK
Tony Hedges 1 May 2005 1 year ago 2
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Typical varied calls in flight. Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
(pratensis)
Julien Rochefort 27 September 2009 9 weeks ago 4
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