Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
South Georgia Pipit (Anthus antarcticus) - HBW 9, p. 760
French: Pipit antarctique
German: Riesenpieper
Spanish: Bisbita de Georgia del Sur
Other common names: Subantarctic Pipit
Taxonomy: Anthus antarcticus Cabanis, 1884, South Georgia.
May be closely related to, and possibly have evolved from, A. correndera; the two may belong to a clade that also includes A. spragueii, A. furcatus, A. lutescens, A. hellmayri and A. bogotensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: South Georgia (mainland and offshore islets), in S Atlantic Ocean.
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A bird walking on a stony shore and a view of a nest Locality King Haakon Bay, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 October 2000 4 years ago 8 sec 4.2 -
An individual on the ground Locality Albatross Island, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Gus Yaki 11 February 2000 4 years ago 13 sec 3.7 -
An individual clambering through tussock grass and briefly calling Locality Prion Island, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 22 February 2005 1 year ago 38 sec 3.5 -
A breeder comming back to its nest with food for chicks (hidden in tussock grass) and then leaving. Locality Prion Island, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 24 October 2010 1 year ago 9 sec 3
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Adult bird with a fledging
Locality Prion Island, South Georgia
Dag Peterson 7 November 2008 2 years ago 4 -
An adult leaving the nest (hidden in tussock).
Locality Prion Island, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 24 October 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
An adult leaving the nest.
Locality Prion Island, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 24 October 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
Frontal view of a bird standing.
Locality Bird Island, South Georgia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 10 September 2008 3 years ago 3.2
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Bird calling from the tussock grass, contact call Locality South Georgia
(Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 9 December 2004 2 years ago 4
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