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[[Image:Tawny_Pipit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Mugil|Mugil}}<br />Photo taken: Secovlje Salina, [[Slovenia]].]]
;[[:Category:Anthus|Anthus]] campestris
;[[:Category:Anthus|Anthus]] campestris
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[[Image:Tawny_Pipit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Mugil|Mugil}}<br />Secovlje Salina, [[Slovenia]].]]
==Identification==
==Identification==
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16.5-18 cm. The almost complete lack of streaks on the underparts is one of the best ways to tell a Tawny Pipit, though beware summer plumage [[Water Pipit]]. Tawny Pipit looks bigger and leggier than other pipits. The pale sandy plumage, bold eye-stripe and prominent line of black feathers on the median coverts are also useful features. Juveniles are more heavily streaked and hence are confusable with [[Richard's Pipit]]s, but are sleeker and always show distinctive dark lores.
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16.5-18 cm<br />
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The almost complete lack of streaks on the underparts is one of the best ways to tell a Tawny Pipit, though beware summer plumage [[Water Pipit]]. Tawny Pipit looks bigger and leggier than other pipits. The pale sandy plumage, bold eye-stripe and prominent line of black feathers on the median coverts are also useful features.<br />
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'''Juveniles''' are more heavily streaked and hence are confusable with [[Richard's Pipit]]s, but are sleeker and always show distinctive dark lores.
==Distribution==
==Distribution==
[[Europe]] and [[Asia]] and northwest [[Africa]].
[[Europe]] and [[Asia]] and northwest [[Africa]].
==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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*''A. c. campestris'':
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:*[[Europe]] to North [[Africa]], [[Middle East]] and [[Asia]]; winters to [[Africa]] and [[India]]
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*''A. c. kastschenkoi'':
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:*Southern [[Siberia]] to north-western [[Mongolia]]; winters in southern [[Asia]]
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*''A. c. griseus'':
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:*South-western [[Kazakhstan]] to north-eastern [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], north-western [[China]]; winters to south-western and southern [[Asia]]
==Habitat==
==Habitat==
Dry open country including semi-deserts.
Dry open country including semi-deserts.
==Behaviour==
==Behaviour==
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It nests on the ground, and 4-6 eggs are laid.
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====Breeding====
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It nests on the ground; the clutch consisting of 4-6 eggs.
16.5-18 cm
The almost complete lack of streaks on the underparts is one of the best ways to tell a Tawny Pipit, though beware summer plumage Water Pipit. Tawny Pipit looks bigger and leggier than other pipits. The pale sandy plumage, bold eye-stripe and prominent line of black feathers on the median coverts are also useful features. Juveniles are more heavily streaked and hence are confusable with Richard's Pipits, but are sleeker and always show distinctive dark lores.
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