Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Motacillidae |
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BTO Codes:
WI, WATPI
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EURING No: 10141 | |
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Number in Britain:
100 birds (Winter)
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage/Winter Visitor
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Subspecies:
spinoletta recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
18 cm
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Wingspan: 26 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 23 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: anthos=a small grassland bird described by Aristotle and Italian (Florentine) name spipoletta=little titlark |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Locally in s Europe to c Asia, WINTERS: to s Asia |
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Habitat:
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Tundra, meadows, often near water |
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Diet:
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Mainly invertebrates, some plant material, mostly from ground but occ. 'flycatches' |
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British Population Size:
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First Record:
added to list 1987
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Conservation Status:
AMBER
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Small Non-breeding Population,
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
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| Races of Concern: spinoletta AMBER (Rare or Localised) | ||||||
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
540 thousand to 1.8 million pairs
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Distribution in Europe
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
21 x 16 mm
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Egg Weight: 2.7 g (of which 5 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
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Clutch Size:
4 - 5 eggs
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Incubation:
14- 15 days
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by the: Female |
Fledging:
15 - 16days
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as:
Altricial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
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Number of Broods:
2
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Number Ringed:
6
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Adult Survival:
No data
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
3 years 1 months 25 days (set in 1997)
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Summary of Ringing Recoveries
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Ring Size:
A2
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Corhedydd y Dwr |
| Danish: Bjergpiber | Dutch: Waterpieper |
| Finnish: Vuorikirvinen | French: Pipit spioncelle |
| German: Wasserpieper | Hungarian: Havasi pityer |
| Icelandic: Bergtittlingur | Irish: Riabhóg Uisce |
| Italian: Spioncello | Norwegian: Vannpiplerke |
| Polish: Siwerniak | Portuguese: Petinha-ribeirinha |
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Spanish:
Bisbita ribereño
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Swedish: Vattenpiplärka |
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