Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) - HBW 9, p. 763
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 Enlarge map
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Adult coming back to the nest and incubating Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp pratensis)
Laurent Demongin 29 June 2010 2 years ago 39 sec 4.3 -
A bird foraging in long grass Locality Isle of Iona, Scotland, Great Britain
Keith Blomerley 27 May 2009 3 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A bird bathing Locality María de Huerva, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp pratensis)
Jesús Laborda 27 February 2008 4 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A bird foraging in kelp Locality Presqu'île de Quiberon, Morbihan, Bretagne, France
Pascal Vagner 31 October 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
A bird on the ground, catching a worm and flying away. Locality Sariñena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp pratensis)
Jesús Laborda 21 December 2008 4 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding along the edge of a pond. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp pratensis)
Jesús Laborda 21 November 2012 9 weeks ago 30 sec 4
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on the ground
Locality Beit She'an Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 21 December 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
adult perching on a rock
Locality Flatey Island, Westfjords Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 8 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult
Locality Zeebrugge, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Paul Cools 16 April 2011 24 weeks ago 4.2 -
Feeding on the laker
Locality Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
oleicfrisbee 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.1 -
on the ground
Locality Beit She'an Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 14 November 2010 1 year ago 4.1 -
Meadow pipit in a tree. Watch his long nails.....
Locality Netherlands
Rob Belterman 13 April 2009 3 years ago 4.1
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Typical varied calls in flight. Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
(ssp pratensis)
Julien Rochefort 27 September 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Song. Short variant. Locality Sweden
AnteStrand 22 June 2010 2 years ago 3
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