Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Nilgiri Pipit (Anthus nilghiriensis) - HBW 9, p. 754
French: Pipit des Nilgiri
German: Nilghiripieper
Spanish: Bisbita de los Nilgiri
Taxonomy: Anthus nilghiriensis Sharpe, 1885, Nilgiri Hills, southern India.
Initially named as A. rufescens, but that name invalid. Monotypic.
Distribution: Western Ghats in Kerala and W Tamil Nadu, in extreme SW India.
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A bird calling. Locality Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2009 1 year ago 41 sec 4.5 -
A bird on a rocky area, calling and walking. Locality Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2009 2 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A bird walking on the ground. Locality Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2009 1 year ago 43 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding on a worm. Locality Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2009 1 year ago 47 sec 3.5 -
A bird foraging on a road and flying away. Locality Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2009 1 year ago 8 sec 3
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A bird perched on a stump
Locality Ooty, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 22 March 2011 29 weeks ago 4.4 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2009 1 year ago 4 -
pipit in bush forest
Locality Munnar, Kerala, India
harikamal 19 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird among the grass
Locality Ooty, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 2 August 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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Several calls of a bird.
Locality Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2009 1 year ago 3.5
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