Alpine Pipit - BirdForum Opus

Anthus gutturalis

Identification

17·5–18 cm

• Dark brown lores
• Creamy supercilium

Distribution

South-east Asia: found in New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Up to three subspecies recognized.^[1]

• A. g. wollastoni:

• High alpine grasslands of west-central New Guinea

• A. g. rhododendri:

• Alpine grasslands of east-central New Guinea and Huon Peninsula

• A. g. gutturalis:

• High alpine grasslands of south-eastern New Guinea

Habitat

High alpine grassland between 3200m and 4500m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects, grass seeds and berries.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Alpine Pipit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 September 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Alpine_Pipit

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