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Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, November 2006

Anthus berthelotii

[edit] Identification

13-14.5 cm

• Grey upperparts
• Whitish underparts with some breast streaking
• Whitish supercilium and eyering
• Dark eye and moustachial stripes
  

Juveniles are browner than adults

[edit] Distribution

Madeira and the Canary Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• A. b. madeirensis:

• Madeira Archipelago (Madeira, Desertas, Porto Santo and Baixo Islands)

• A. b. berthelotii:

• Selvagens and Canary Islands

[edit] Habitat

Open country and urban areas. Rocky beaches and sand dunes. Pine forests, scrub and mountains to at least 1,800m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The 3-5 eggs are laid in a ground nest.

[edit] Vocalisation

Call: schrip or tsrie (rather like Yellow Wagtail)
Song: given in undulating song-flight, tschlip tschlip tschlip tschlip , reminiscent of Tawny Pipit also tsivrr tsivrr tsivrr tsivrr.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

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