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Anthus rubescens (Tunstall, 1771) American Pipit

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ID Tips Life History CBC Map Taxonomy(ITIS) Glossary Back to List 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. Patuxent Bird Population Studies Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter

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Kingdom Animalia    Phylum Chordata    Class Aves    Order Passeriformes    Family Motacillidae    Genus Anthus     Anthus rubescens    (TunStall, 1771)  Provider: Severinghaus Liu, Lucia  Citation: Edward C. Dickinson, 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Princeton University Press.  Name Code: 380423   LC  IUCN Red List Suggested Link   User Response:

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CalPhotos     Photo Database   Number of matches : 24 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Anthus rubescens%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 1204 0554 [detail] © 2004 Tom Greer tbphotos@comcast.net Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 1204 0556 [detail] © 2004 Tom Greer tbphotos@comcast.net Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 1204 0557 [detail] © 2004 Tom Greer tbphotos@comcast.net Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0105 1151 [detail] © 2005 Tom Greer tbphotos@comcast.net Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 1005 1520 [detail] © 2005 Tom Greer tbphotos@comcast.net Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 1105 1316 [detail] © 2005 Tom Greer tbphotos@comcast.net Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0406 0584 [detail] © 2006 Tom Greer tbphotos@comcast.net Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0408 0613 [detail] © 2008 Ron Wolf Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0408 0612 [detail] © 2008 Ron Wolf Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 1973 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 1974 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 1975 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2067 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2068 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2069 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2070 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2071 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2075 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2073 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2074 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2139 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2140 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2200 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Anthus rubescens American Pipit ID: 0000 0000 0909 2202 [detail] © 2009 Christopher L. Christie Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .    Copyright © 1995-2009 UC Regents. All rights reserved. CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley