Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae) - HBW 9
Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi)
French: Pipit de la Petchora
German: Petschorapieper
Spanish: Bisbita del Pechora
Other common names: Siberian Pipit; Menzbier’s Pipit (menzbieri)
Taxonomy: Anthus gustavi Swinhoe, 1863, Amoy, China.
Relationships unclear; possibly close to A. hodgsoni and A. trivialis. Race menzbieri considered a separate species by some taxonomists. Race stejnegeri, of which commandorensis a junior synonym, doubtfully separable from nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gustavi Swinhoe, 1863 - breeds N Russia from NW of Urals (W of R Pechora) E to Chukotsk Peninsula, S to middle R Yenisey, middle R Lena and Kamchatka; migrates to Philippines, N Borneo and Wallacea.
- stejnegeri Ridgway, 1883 - breeds Commander Is; migrates probably to E Asia.
- menzbieri Shulpin, 1928 - breeds Russian Far East (middle Amur Valley, S Ussuriland) and extreme NE China (E Heilongjiang); wintering area unknown.
- Least Concern
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A bird drying off after bathing, first record for Wales Goodwick Moor, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Dave Jackson 31 October 2007 1 year ago 23 sec 4.2
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first winter bird Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 9 October 2009 12 weeks ago 4.5 -
first winter bird Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 9 October 2009 12 weeks ago 4
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