ID Tips
Life History
Taxonomy(ITIS)
Glossary
Back to List
Red-throated pipit
Anthus cervinus
Identification Tips:
-
Length: 5 inches
-
Slender bill
-
White eye ring and supercilium
-
White throat with dark malar streak
-
Dark brown upperparts with black and whitish streaks on back
-
Wings blackish with whitish wing bars
-
Buffy underparts with dark streaking across breast and onto flanks
-
Black tail with white outer tail feathers
-
Pink legs
-
In Spring and Summer, has distinctive pinkish throat and supercilium
-
Sexes similar
-
Wags its tail
-
Breeds in Alaska and very rare migrant in California
Similar species:
Sprague's Pipit has a less heavily streaked breast while American Pipit has dark legs. Sparrows and longspurs can be found in similar habitats but have thick, conical bills.
Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Patuxent Bird Population Studies
Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
|
Phylum Chordata 
Class Aves 
World Register of Marine Species 
