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Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi   [Swinhoe, 1863]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae
BTO Codes: , PECPI EURING No: 10100
Number in Britain: 1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: gustavi recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 24 cm Weight: -    
Scientific name from: Gr.: anthos=a small grassland bird described by Aristotle and after Gustaaf Schlegel (1840-1903), Dutch ornithologist (esp of China)
World Distribution: BREEDS: n Asia, WINTERS: se Asia
Habitat: Shrubby tundra, damp scrub
Diet: Mostly insects
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Fair Isle, 1925
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 64 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: September/October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Northeast (1993), Orkney (1989), Shetland (2004),
   North-east England: East Yorkshire (1994), North Yorkshire (1966),
   North-west England: No Records
   English Midlands: No Records
   Eastern England: Suffolk (1975),
   South-east England: No Records
   South-west England: Cornwall (1996), Dorset (1990), Isles of Scilly (1994),
   Wales: No Records
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh: Clochdar Siberia
Danish: Petchorapiber Dutch: Petsjorapieper
Finnish: Tundrakirvinen French: Pipit de la Petchora
German: Petschorapieper Hungarian: Pecsora pityer
Icelandic: Svarðtittlingur Irish: Riabhóg Pechora
Italian: Pispola della Pechora Norwegian: Tundrapiplerke
Polish: Swiergotek tundrowy Portuguese: Petinha de Petchora
Spanish: Bisbita del Pechora Swedish: Tundrapipläarka
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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