Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens [Tunstall, 1771] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Motacillidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 10144 | |
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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:
rubescens recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
16 cm
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Wingspan: 24 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 22 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: anthos=a small grassland bird described by Aristotle and L.: ruber=red + escere=to become |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Locally in e Siberia, n&w North America, WINTERS: s to se Asia, n Central America |
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Habitat:
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Tundra, meadows |
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Diet:
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Terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates, some seeds |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
St Kilda, 1910
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
4
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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:
Outer Hebrides
(2007),
Shetland
(2007),
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North-east England:
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Lincolnshire
(2006),
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South-east England:
Oxfordshire
(2007),
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South-west England:
Isles of Scilly
(2007),
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Wales:
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| American Pipit | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Hedepiber | Dutch: Pacifische Waterpieper |
| Finnish: Tuhkakirvinen | French: Pipit farlousane |
| German: Pazifikpieper | Hungarian: |
| Icelandic: | Irish: Riabhóg Tharr-Dhonnbhuí |
| Italian: Spioncello del Pacifico | Norwegian: Myrpiplerke |
| Polish: Swiergotek bagienny | Portuguese: |
| Spanish: Bisbita acuático americano | Swedish: Hedpiplärka |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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