Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii [Taczanowski, 1876] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Motacillidae |
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BTO Codes:
, BLYPI
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EURING No: 10040 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
17 cm
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Wingspan: 29 cm |
Weight:
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: anthos=a small grassland bird described by Aristotle and after Wiktor Godlewski (1831-1900) Polish farmer exiled to Siberia |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: e Asia, WINTERS: India & Sri Lanka |
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Habitat:
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Grassland |
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Diet:
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Small insects and other invertebrates, also some seeds |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
East Sussex, 1882
(Williamson, K. 1963. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 97:60-61)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
13
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Shetland
(2007),
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North-east England:
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
Nottinghamshire
(2002),
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Eastern England:
Norfolk
(1999),
Suffolk
(1994),
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South-east England:
Kent
(1994),
East Sussex
(1882),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2004),
Dorset
(1998),
Isles of Scilly
(2007),
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Wales:
Caernarfonshire
(2005),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Mongolsk piber | Dutch: Mongoolse Pieper |
| Finnish: Mongoliankirvinen | French: Pipit de Blyth |
| German: Steppenpieper | Hungarian: Mongol pityer |
| Icelandic: Brumtittlingur | Irish: |
| Italian: Prispolone di Blyth | Norwegian: Godlewskipiplerke |
| Polish: Swiergotek stepowy | Portuguese: Petinha-mongol |
| Spanish: Bisbita de Blyth | Swedish: Mongolpiplärka |
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