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Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Motacillidae
BTO Codes:
TI , TAWPI
EURING No:
10050
Number in Britain:
29 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
3 Concern, most not in Europe; Declining
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
Subspecies:
campestris recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
16 cm
Wingspan:
26 cm
Weight:
M/F: 28 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: anthos =a small grassland bird described by Aristotle
and L.: campestris =of the field (from campus =field)
World Distribution:
BREEDS: e Europe, Near East & c Asia, WINTERS: n Africa, s Asia
Habitat:
Pastures, fields, open ground
Diet:
Mostly insects, some seeds esp. in winter, feeds in stop-run-peck fashion
Records and Distribution
First Record:
1858
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Distribution by County
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Gaelic:
Welsh:
Corhedydd Melyn
Danish:
Markpiber
Dutch:
Duinpieper
Finnish:
Nummikirvinen
French:
Pipit rousseline
German:
Brachpieper
Hungarian:
Parlagi pityer
Icelandic:
Sandtittlingur
Irish:
Riabhóg Dhonn
Italian:
Calandro
Norwegian:
Markpiplerke
Polish:
Swiergotek polny
Portuguese:
Petinha-dos-campos
Spanish:
Bisbita campestre
Swedish:
Fältpiplärka
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