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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A bird bathing. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp pratensis)
Jesús Laborda 21 November 2012 12 weeks ago 11 sec 3.8 -
An individual foraging & calling, with one burst of song Locality Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (ssp pratensis)
Joe Angseesing 2 July 2008 3 years ago 43 sec 3.8 -
An adult calling on a post and flying away Locality Sourbrodt, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp pratensis)
Jean Hupperetz 12 July 2003 8 years ago 34 sec 3.7 -
Two birds looking for food (part of the clip at slow motion). Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp pratensis)
Jesús Laborda 21 November 2012 9 weeks ago 29 sec 3.7 -
A bird walking along the edge of a pond. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp pratensis)
Jesús Laborda 21 November 2012 9 weeks ago 35 sec 3.7 -
A bird bathing. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp pratensis)
Jesús Laborda 21 November 2012 11 weeks ago 19 sec 3.7
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An adult bird
Locality Cagliari Lagoon, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 1 May 2003 2 years ago 3.4 -
A nest with the clutches of two different females
Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp pratensis)
Laurent Demongin 29 June 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
One bird perching on a branch
Locality Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
wmaillard 20 October 2010 2 years ago 3.2 -
A breeding adult; there was a pair (one carrying food) in the area, alarming at my presence.
Locality Carron Reservoir, Falkirk Council, Scotland, Great Britain (ssp pratensis)
Anne Cotton 5 June 2012 48 weeks ago 3.1 -
meadow pipit on Unst.
Locality Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Great Britain
jimandlynn4 26 May 2012 50 weeks ago 3.1 -
Adult foraging on the ground
Locality Landes, Aquitanie, France
Nicole Bouglouan 14 April 2006 2 years ago 3.1
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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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