Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris) - HBW 9, p. 750
French: Pipit rousseline
German: Brachpieper
Spanish: Bisbita Campestre
Taxonomy: Alauda campestris Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Has sometimes been thought to form a superspecies with A. similis. In the past was sometimes treated as conspecific with A. godlewskii. Variation largely clinal, in N becoming smaller and paler from W to E, and in S becoming larger and greyer from NW Africa to Greece and then smaller and greyer E of there; naming of geographical races considered unwarranted by some taxonomists; alternatively, kastschenkoi included within nominate. Conversely, birds from N Iran and Turkey, intermediate in plumage between nominate and griseus but apparently larger than both, sometime.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Alauda campestris Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Has sometimes been thought to form a superspecies with A. similis. In the past was sometimes treated as conspecific with A. godlewskii. Variation largely clinal, in N becoming smaller and paler from W to E, and in S becoming larger and greyer from NW Africa to Greece and then smaller and greyer E of there; naming of geographical races considered unwarranted by some taxonomists; alternatively, kastschenkoi included within nominate. Conversely, birds from N Iran and Turkey, intermediate in plumage between nominate and griseus but apparently larger than both, sometimes separated as race boehmii. Three subspecies recognized.
Has sometimes been thought to form a superspecies with A. similis. In the past was sometimes treated as conspecific with A. godlewskii. Variation largely clinal, in N becoming smaller and paler from W to E, and in S becoming larger and greyer from NW Africa to Greece and then smaller and greyer E of there; naming of geographical races considered unwarranted by some taxonomists; alternatively, kastschenkoi included within nominate. Conversely, birds from N Iran and Turkey, intermediate in plumage between nominate and griseus but apparently larger than both, sometimes separated as race boehmii. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- campestris (Linnaeus, 1758) - breeds from C & S Europe (Denmark and S Baltic S to Mediterranean countries) and NW Africa (Morocco E to Tunisia, possibly also SW Mauritania and NW Libya) E to SW Siberia and NW Kazakhstan and, in S, to N Iran and Turkmenistan; also locally in Middle East (Lebanon, S Syria, N Israel). Winters mainly in Africa and Arabia.
- kastschenkoi H. C. Johansen, 1952 - S Siberia E to NW Mongolia; winters in S Asia.
- griseus Nicoll, 1920 - SW Kazakhstan S to NE Iran and N Afghanistan, E to Dzhungarskiy Alatau Mts, extreme NW China (Tien Shan, in N Xinjiang) and SC Mongolia; winters in SW & S Asia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual on the ground catching an insect, killing and eating it. Locality CEDO (Centre for Desert and Ocean), Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 1 year ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A bird shaking the plumage repeteadly and foraging on the ground. Locality CEDO (Centre for Desert and Ocean), Moti Virani, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 1 year ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A bird looking around on the ground. Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (ssp griseus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 3 years ago 46 sec 4.3 -
Calling from a bushtop Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 March 2010 2 years ago 15 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding on the ground Locality Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India (ssp kastcshenkoi)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2001 7 years ago 37 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding near the water, in its wintering area Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp campestris)
Juan Sanabria 31 December 2006 5 years ago 25 sec 4.1
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A standing bird.
Locality Beit She'an Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 12 October 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
standing on the ground
Locality Tirat Tzvi, Beit She'an Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 6 October 2007 1 year ago 4.3 -
A male at early morning
Locality Valladolid, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp campestris)
CarlosNaza 17 June 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
A tiny beetle hiding under its bill
Locality Ventotene Island, Pontine Islands, Lazio Region, Italy
Marco Valentini 11 May 2013 6 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.3 -
In a field
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 21 January 2011 2 years ago 4.2 -
feeding on the ground
Locality Ventotene Island, Pontine Islands, Lazio Region, Italy
Marco Valentini 10 May 2013 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4
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Typical flight call during migratory flight. Locality Forêt de Sénart, France
(ssp campestris)
Julien Rochefort 24 August 2009 3 years ago 4
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