Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) - HBW 9, p. 766
French: Pipit spioncelle
German: Bergpieper
Spanish: Bisbita Alpino
Other common names: Mountain Pipit(!)
Taxonomy: Alauda Spinoletta Linnaeus, 1758, Italy.
Possibly forms a clade with A. pratensis, A. roseatus, A. cervinus, A. petrosus and A. rubescens. May form a superspecies, and until recently treated as conspecific, with last two of those. Birds from NW Caucasus sometimes separated as race caucasicus, but considered inseparable from coutellii. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- spinoletta (Linnaeus, 1758) - breeds in mountains of C & S Europe; winters W & S Europe and NW Africa.
- coutellii Audouin, 1828 - breeds N, S & E Turkey, Caucasus and mountains of N Iran and Turkmenistan (Kopet Dagh); winters in neighbouring lowlands and S to NE Africa and Arabia.
- blakistoni Swinhoe, 1863 - breeds in mountains of S Russia (E to Transbaikalia), Mongolia, E Kazakhstan, Tadjikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and NW & C China (W Xinjiang, Qinghai); migrates to Pakistan, NW India and S China.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird on the ground Locality Navarre, Spain
Javier Ortas 11 June 2009 2 years ago 43 sec 4.3 -
a bird singing on the top of a tree Locality Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Robert Mouchard 31 July 2010 31 weeks ago 22 sec 4.2 -
An individual foraging on the edge of a pond. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (ssp blakistoni)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 12 weeks ago 15 sec 4.1 -
A bird catching insects on the edge of a pond. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (ssp blakistoni)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 12 weeks ago 17 sec 4.1 -
A bird on the edge of a pond, looking for food. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (ssp blakistoni)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 12 weeks ago 26 sec 4.1 -
A bird standing close to the water, on a pond.. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India (ssp blakistoni)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 12 weeks ago 17 sec 4
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Standing on a rock
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 21 January 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
A bird in the snow
Locality Valladolid, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp spinoletta)
CarlosNaza 3 December 2010 1 year ago 4.6 -
Water Pipit feeding on the Tideline
Locality Central Scotland, Scotland, Great Britain
James Wood 3 November 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
on rock
Locality Beit She'an Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 28 November 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Sitting in the late afternoon sun
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 14 March 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
Near to a small pond
Locality Abu Nakhla Ponds, Doha, Qatar
John A Thompson 18 April 2009 1 year ago 4.2
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Flight calls during migratory flight. Locality Rambouillet Forest, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
(ssp spinoletta)
Julien Rochefort 23 October 2009 2 years ago 4
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