Berthelot's Pipit - BirdForum Opus

Photo by steenl
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, November 2006

Anthus berthelotii

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

Distribution

Madeira and the Canary Islands.

ssp. madeirensis
Photo by Peter Truelove
Madeira

Taxonomy

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

Habitat

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

Behaviour

Breeding

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

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.

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.
2. Wikipedia
3. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Berthelot's Pipit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Berthelot%27s_Pipit

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