Red-throated pipit

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 Red-throated pipit is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

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. More

The Red-throated Pipit is a small passerine bird. This species typically breeds throughout far northern Europe and Asia, as well as northern Alaska in the United States. During winter months, this bird migrates long distances to Africa, south and eastern Asia, as well as the western coastline of the United States. They may rarely be found in Western Europe. Breeding grounds are open country, mountains, marshes and tundra. Nests are built on the ground in marshlands. More

Red-throated Pipit at Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon. More

● Similar species: Red-throated Pipit: Sprague’s and Tree pipits have fainter streaks on underparts. American Pipit has dark legs. Flight Pattern Alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides. Red-throated Pipit Body Illustration● Range & Habitat: Red-throated Pipit: Regular migrant on Bering Sea islands; rare migrant along California coast; casual inland. Prefers wet, grassy habitat around lakes, dams, and ponds; often encountered in disturbed areas such as irrigated lands and other wet cultivations. More

The Red-throated Pipit is insectivorous, like its relatives, but also eats seeds. Red-throated Pipit.oggPlay video Thumamah, KSA 1992 References - * BirdLife International (2004). Anthus cervinus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 9 May 2006. More

Videos and images previous Red-throated pipit imageRed-throated pipit © Chris Knights / www.osfimages. More

Red-throated pipit in grass Red-throated pipit in grassPrint factsheet Facts - French: Pipit À Gorge Rousse Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Passeriformes Family Motacillidae Genus Anthus (1) Size More

Red-throated Pipit in Esmeraldas rkpiep2_filtered On 28 March 2008 we visited the coast north of the village Rio Verde, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador (1°04’34 N, 79°24’48 W) to look for day-roosting Lesser Nighthawks Chordeiles acutipennis. They are often found along the beach, in particular where wooden branches are washed ashore abundantly. After having flushed two individuals at about 10 am, our attention was drawn by a small terrestrial passerine that we immediately recognized as a pipit Anthus sp. More

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. Retrieved on 09 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern Copyright: Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. More

Red-throated Pipits look beautiful in their summer plumage when their throats acquire various shades of red from pinkish to orangey to cherry-coloured. Birds with red throats are of course easy to identify but less colourful individuals can be told by the extent of those bold streaks, remaining broad and obvious on the flanks, unlike Tree Pipit and extending onto the rump unlike the Meadow Pipit. More

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This male Red-throated Pipit was photographed at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. More

Red-throated Pipit records in the Western Isles Rare visitor (10 or less records) Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001) The chart below shows how abundant the Red-throated Pipit is during a month or when you are more likely to see it. More

Sightings of Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) in Kutch - Gujarat Written by Arpit N. Deomurari I came across this very dark pipit on the coastal wetland near Pingleshwar in Kutch region of Gujarat India on 19-11-2007. After seeing this bird only two species come to my notice Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi and Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus. But Pechora Pipit have brightish pink base to the lower mandible typically rather yellowish in Red-throated pipit. More