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Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens [Tunstall, 1771]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Motacillidae
BTO Codes:
, AMEPI
EURING No:
10144
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
rubescens recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
16 cm
Wingspan:
24 cm
Weight:
M/F: 22 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: anthos =a small grassland bird described by Aristotle
and L.: ruber =red + escere =to become
World Distribution:
BREEDS: Locally in e Siberia, n&w North America, WINTERS: s to se Asia, n Central America
Habitat:
Tundra, meadows
Diet:
Terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates, some seeds
Records and Distribution
First Record:
St Kilda, 1910
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
2
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Outer Hebrides
(1910),
Shetland
(1953),
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
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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Books and Monographs:
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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