Rock Pipit

The Rock Pipit, Anthus petrosus, is a small passerine bird species which breeds on rocky coasts of western Europe northwards from Brittany. It is mainly resident in Ireland, Great Britain and France, in the west of its range, but the Scandinavian and Russian populations migrate south in winter; individuals sometimes stray into inland Europe. In Saxony it is a rarely-seen visitor for example; the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden has but a single specimen , a male shot at Dresden as long ago as 8. Oktober 1894.

The Rock Pipit is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Browse: Home / Birding / Rock Pipit vs American Buff-bellied Pipit Rock Pipit vs American Buff-bellied Pipit - By Charlie • January 20, 2008 • 4 comments Towards the end of last year I took a series of photos of a confiding American Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens. More

The Rock Pipit, Anthus petrosus, is a small passerine bird species which breeds on rocky coasts of western Europe northwards from Brittany. It is mainly resident in Ireland, Great Britain and France, in the west of its range, but the Scandinavian and Russian populations migrate south in winter; individuals sometimes stray into inland Europe. More

The Rock Pipit's subspecies littoralis in summer plumage is very close in outward appearance to the Water Pipit however. They can be told apart by their song, and occupy different habitat types even when they occur in the same general area. The Water Pipit is also much less approachable than the Rock Pipit, rising high and quickly leaving the vicinity when approached. Water and Buff-bellied Pipit do not co-occur except in a small area in Central Asia. This species is insectivorous. More

of just about half a dozen notes each (the Rock Pipit has fewer, but longer blocks); it ends either with no or with repeated trills. Formerly included in the Water Pipit were the subspecies now separated as Rock Pipit and Buff-bellied Pipit. The former is more closely related to the Water Pipit than the latter, as indicated by external and molecular characteristics. References - 1. ^ BirdLife International (2009) Anthus spinoletta In: IUCN 2009. More

which Rock Pipit was previously considered conspecific (of, or belonging to, the same species) (Sangster et al., 2002); they are usually indistinguishable from petrosus in winter. Judging from external (Alström & Mild, 1987) and molecular (Voelker, 1999) characteristics, this species and the Water Pipit are very closely related. More

The Rock pipit is almost exclusively a coastal bird although birds from Scandinavia do migrate and may turn up elsewhere. They are larger than Meadow Pipits, almost as big as a Tawny Pipit, and they are strikingly dark, so much so that the black streaks on their underparts become almost lost in a dark grey-brown wash. They can be told from the similar Water pipit by their dull grey, not white, outer tail feathers and by their all dark head with no eye-stripe or wingbars. More

Rock Pipits in Christchurch Harbour, please click here January 2010 Darren Hughes May 2009 Alan Hayden May 2009 Alan Hayden May 2009 Alan Hayden more>> More

A Gallery of Scandinavian Rock Pipit in Christchurch Harbour For the last few years, it has been suspected that a percentage of the Rock Pipit that winter on Stanpit may be of the Scandinavian race littoralis. The first real claims were made in March 2005 and related to birds moulting into breeding plumage, click here for photos, The subsequent appearance of a particularly bright individual in February 2007 sparked renewed interest and many more photographs, a selection of which are posted below. More

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the rock pipit, I took it handheld, these birds and others, i find i don't have time to use my tripod, no hides in shetland to hide behind with tripods, so i just grab a picture when i can.. geordie.. More

Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) by Mike at Sea. I don't have my books with me so I'm still slightly unsure about this one. To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. Comments view profile Moses Davies Pro User says: Mike, I think this is a tree pipit. More

closely related Water Pipit, with which Rock Pipit was previously considered conspecific (Sangster et al., 2002); they are usually indistinguishable from petrosus in winter. Judging from external (Alstr More

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The rock pipit is a large stocky pipit, larger than a meadow pipit and smaller than a starling. It is streaky olive-brown above and dirty white underneath with dark streaking. It breeds around the coast where there are rocky beaches, and most of the birds that breed in the UK are residents, with only the young birds dispersing once they become independent. Some birds arrive here from Norway to spend the winter. More

And another filly, Rock Pipit, who was quite impressive when winning a maiden at the same meeting, could prove rewarding each-way in the nursery.Troytown hopes high by The Daily Mail (London, England)reserve has a wintering water pipit, along the estuary, best looked during a high tide when the rising water floods the saltmarsh - be aware, very similar rock pipits also feed here. More

Rock Pipit records in the Western Isles Anthus petrosus littoralis is a common resident breeder (1000 -10,000 pairs) The Scandinavian race Anthus petrosus littoralis is a rare visitor (less than 30 records) The Hebridean form Anthus petrosus meineetzhageni is not considered a separate subspecies (BOURC) Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001) Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001) More

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Rock Pipit - Definition = Rock Pipit Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae Genus: Anthus Species: petrosus Binomial name Anthus petrosus More