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Anthus rubescens (Tunstall, 1771)

American Pipit

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American pipit Anthus rubescens


Identification Tips:

  • Length: 5.5 inches
  • Slender bill
  • White eye ring and supercilium
  • White throat with dark malar streak
  • Brownish-olive upperparts with fine black streaks on back
  • Wings blackish with broad buffy edges
  • Buffy underparts with dark streaking across breast and onto flanks
  • Black tail with white outer tail feathers
  • Dark legs
  • In Spring and Summer, less heavily streaked below and upperparts grayer
  • Sexes similar
  • Wags its tail
  • Often found in flocks on the ground in sparsely vegetated areas (plowed fields, shores, tundra)

Similar species:

The American Pipit is similar to the Sprague's Pipit but the Sprague's Pipit has much less streaking on the underparts, more streaking on the back, a paler face, and pink legs. The rare Red-throated Pipit (breeds in Alaska and rare migrant in California) has a different call and pink 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.


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Kingdom Animalia  
 Phylum Chordata  
 Class Aves  
 Order Passeriformes  
 Family Motacillidae  
 Genus Anthus  
  Anthus rubescens    (TunStall, 1771) 
Provider: Severinghaus Liu, Lucia 
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Citation: Edward C. Dickinson, 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Princeton University Press. 
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Anthus rubescens
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American Pipit
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Anthus rubescens
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© 2009 Christopher L. Christie

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© 2009 Christopher L. Christie

Anthus rubescens
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Anthus rubescens
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© 2009 Christopher L. Christie

Anthus rubescens
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ID: 0000 0000 0909 2140 [detail]
© 2009 Christopher L. Christie

Anthus rubescens
Anthus rubescens
American Pipit
ID: 0000 0000 0909 2200 [detail]
© 2009 Christopher L. Christie

Anthus rubescens
Anthus rubescens
American Pipit
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© 2009 Christopher L. Christie

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