Tree Pipit

Tree Pipit

Taxobox
name = Tree Pipit
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Motacillidae
genus = "Anthus"
species = "A. trivialis"
binomial = "Anthus trivialis"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tree Pipit, "Anthus trivialis", is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and temperate western and central Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa and southern Asia.This is a small pipit, which resembles Meadow Pipit. This is an undistinguished looking species, streaked brown above and with black markings on a white belly and buff breast below. It can be distinguished from the slightly smaller Meadow Pipit by its heavier bill and greater contrast between its buff breast and white belly. Tree Pipits more readily perch in trees.

The call is a strong "spek". Unlike the weak call of its relative. The song flight is unmistakable. The bird rises a short distance up from a tree, and then parachutes down on stiff wings, the song becoming more drawn out towards the end.

The breeding habitat is open woodland and scrub. The nest is on the ground, with 4-8 eggs being laid. This species is insectivorous, like its relatives, but will also take seeds.


References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

* [http://www.ibercajalav.net/img/312_TreePipitAtrivialis.pdf Ageing and sexing (PDF) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta]
* [http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/species.jsp?pg=summary&lang=FR&id=D8DBF3D85B5A9D43&ts=1170709187642 Avibase]

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