Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Motacillidae |
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BTO Codes:
TI, TAWPI
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EURING No: 10050 | |
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Number in Britain:
29 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
campestris recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
16 cm
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Wingspan: 26 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 28 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: anthos=a small grassland bird described by Aristotle and L.: campestris=of the field (from campus=field) |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: e Europe, Near East & c Asia, WINTERS: n Africa, s Asia |
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Habitat:
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Pastures, fields, open ground |
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Diet:
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Mostly insects, some seeds esp. in winter, feeds in stop-run-peck fashion |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
West Sussex, 1858
(Palmer. P 2000. First for Britain & Ireland, Arlequin Press. [502.74 PAL])
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Other Names |
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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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