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'''Alternative names: Eurasian Rock Pipit; European Rock Pipit''' | '''Alternative names: Eurasian Rock Pipit; European Rock Pipit''' | ||
| − | [[Image:Rock_Pipit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|IanF|IanF}}<br> | + | [[Image:Rock_Pipit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|IanF|IanF}}<br />The Headland, Hartlepool, Cleveland, [[United Kingdom]]]] |
;[[:Category:Anthus|Anthus]] petrosus | ;[[:Category:Anthus|Anthus]] petrosus | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | A robust Pipit, obviously larger than Meadow Pipit.<br/> | + | 16·5–17 cm (6½-6¾ in). A robust Pipit, obviously larger than Meadow Pipit.<br /> |
Classic nominate birds they are strikingly dark, so much so that the diffuse black streaks on their underparts become almost lost in a dark grey-brown wash. The most prominent facial feature is a whitish eye-ring, usually broken at the lores. | Classic nominate birds they are strikingly dark, so much so that the diffuse black streaks on their underparts become almost lost in a dark grey-brown wash. The most prominent facial feature is a whitish eye-ring, usually broken at the lores. | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Pipit Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus South Stack Anglesey Wales 110716 02lq.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Mick+Sway|Mick Sway}}<br />[[South Stack Cliffs]], [[Anglesey]], July 2016]] | |
| + | ====Similar Species==== | ||
Most can be told from the similar structured [[Water Pipit]] by their dull grey, not white, outer tail feathers and by their all dark head with no eyestripe or wingbars. However Scandinavian Rock pipits of the race ''A.p.littoralis'' may have obvious eyestripes and wing bars and some white in their outer tail and in spring their breasts become paler, pinker and less streaked much like Water Pipits. Fortunately they usually show some diffuseness to the breast streaking and more strongly streaked mantle. In non-breeding plumage ''littoralis'' Rock pipits can also be distinguished from Water Pipit by their grey to olivaceous rather than brownish upperparts. | Most can be told from the similar structured [[Water Pipit]] by their dull grey, not white, outer tail feathers and by their all dark head with no eyestripe or wingbars. However Scandinavian Rock pipits of the race ''A.p.littoralis'' may have obvious eyestripes and wing bars and some white in their outer tail and in spring their breasts become paler, pinker and less streaked much like Water Pipits. Fortunately they usually show some diffuseness to the breast streaking and more strongly streaked mantle. In non-breeding plumage ''littoralis'' Rock pipits can also be distinguished from Water Pipit by their grey to olivaceous rather than brownish upperparts. | ||
| + | Here are two threads which discuss the contentious subject of racial identification of Rock Pipit and separation from Water Pipit ''Anthus spinoletta.'' [[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=9543]] | ||
| + | [[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=13671]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Forms superspecies with the recently split [[Water Pipit]] and [[Buff-bellied Pipit]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | |
| − | + | *''A. p. kleinschmidti'': | |
| − | + | :*[[Faeroes]], [[Shetland Islands]], [[Orkney Islands]], [[Fair Isle]] and [[St Kilda]] | |
| − | [[ | + | *''A. p. petrosus'': |
| + | :*Coastal [[Ireland]], [[British Isles]], north-western [[France]] and [[Channel Islands]] | ||
| + | *''A. p. littoralis'': | ||
| + | :*Fennoscandia and north-western [[Russia]]; winters to southern [[Spain]] and north-western [[Africa]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Rocky | + | Rocky sea coasts and islands with low growing vegetation. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | ====Diet==== | |
| − | + | They eat a variety of small invertebrates, such as snails, small crabs and worms. | |
| − | + | ====Vocalisation==== | |
| + | '''Call''': is a ''Fisst'', markedly more emphatic than [[Meadow Pipit]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2016) | |
| − | + | #RSPB{{ref}} | |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Anthus+petrosus}} | {{GSearch|Anthus+petrosus}} | ||
Revision as of 23:12, 13 July 2016
Alternative names: Eurasian Rock Pipit; European Rock Pipit
- Anthus petrosus
Identification
16·5–17 cm (6½-6¾ in). A robust Pipit, obviously larger than Meadow Pipit.
Classic nominate birds they are strikingly dark, so much so that the diffuse black streaks on their underparts become almost lost in a dark grey-brown wash. The most prominent facial feature is a whitish eye-ring, usually broken at the lores.
Similar Species
Most can be told from the similar structured Water Pipit by their dull grey, not white, outer tail feathers and by their all dark head with no eyestripe or wingbars. However Scandinavian Rock pipits of the race A.p.littoralis may have obvious eyestripes and wing bars and some white in their outer tail and in spring their breasts become paler, pinker and less streaked much like Water Pipits. Fortunately they usually show some diffuseness to the breast streaking and more strongly streaked mantle. In non-breeding plumage littoralis Rock pipits can also be distinguished from Water Pipit by their grey to olivaceous rather than brownish upperparts.
Here are two threads which discuss the contentious subject of racial identification of Rock Pipit and separation from Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta. [[1]] [[2]]
Distribution
Forms superspecies with the recently split Water Pipit and Buff-bellied Pipit
Taxonomy
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- A. p. kleinschmidti:
- A. p. petrosus:
- Coastal Ireland, British Isles, north-western France and Channel Islands
- A. p. littoralis:
Habitat
Rocky sea coasts and islands with low growing vegetation.
Behaviour
Diet
They eat a variety of small invertebrates, such as snails, small crabs and worms.
Vocalisation
Call: is a Fisst, markedly more emphatic than Meadow Pipit.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2016)
- RSPB
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rock Pipit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rock_Pipit
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