Red-throated Pipit
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red-throated pipit
Anthus cervinus 6″ (15 cm). Male in breeding plumage has a rusty red face and breast, less extensive in females and fall males. In fall, females and immature are heavily striped; may resemble Pechora Pipit.
Voice: Call notes, a hoarse tzeez, and a soft tau.
Range: This basically Eurasian species breeds commonly on the mainland of nw. Alaska. Regular spring migrant, w. Aleutians (Attu, etc.); rare fall migrant through s. California.
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Red-throated Pipit
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Motacillidae |
| Genus: | Anthus |
| Species: | A. cervinus |
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| Anthus cervinus (Pallas, 1811) |
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The Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) is a small passerine bird which breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa, south and east Asia and west coast USA. It is a vagrant to western Europe.
This is a small pipit, with adults easily identified in the breeding season by their brick red face and throat. In other plumages this is an undistinguished looking species, heavily streaked brown above, with whitish mantle stripes, and with black markings on a white background below. Its flight is strong and direct, and it gives a characteristic "psii" call.
The breeding habitat is open country including mountains, marshland and tundra. The nest is on the ground, on a hummock in a marsh, with 4-6 eggs being laid. The Red-throated Pipit is insectivorous, like its relatives, but also eats seeds.
References
- BirdLife International (2004). Anthus cervinus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 9 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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