Yellowish Pipit - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by bievreJJ
Vale das Garças, Campinas, SP, Brazil, 4 August 2018

Anthus chii

Anthus lutescens

Identification

13 cm (5 in)

• Narrow white eye-ring
• Very long nail in the back toe
• Shortish tail

Similar Species

Peruvian Pipit is paler below with heavier breast streaking and different voice.

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: found only in Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina

Taxonomy

Formerly included Peruvian Pipit.

The epithet chii has precedence over lutescens[2].

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

• A. c. parvus
  • Western Panama
• A. c. chii
  • Eastern Colombia to Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, and Argentina

Habitat

Temperate grassland, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and pastureland. Often near water.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of small insects, with the possible addition of some seeds.

Breeding

They display by flying up singing a very low song and, when they get to the apex of the flight, comes down with open wings (like a parachute) and emits a buzzing sound that gives them the Portuguese name, "Walking-buzzer".

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. Avibase
4. Tyler, S. & de Juana, E. (2018). Yellowish Pipit (Anthus lutescens). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/57791 on 24 November 2018 and April 2019).
5. Birdforum Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellowish Pipit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellowish_Pipit

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