Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Tawny Pipit

Anthus campestris

Description:

This is a large pipit, mainly sandy brown above and pale below. It is very similar to Richard's Pipit, but is slightly smaller, has shorter wings, tail and legs and a narrower dark bill. It is also less streaked. Its flight is strong and direct, and it gives a characteristic "schip" call, higher pitched than Richard's. Its song is a short repetition of a loud disyllabic chir-ree chir-ree. Tawny Pipit is insectivorous, like its relatives.

Habitat:

The Tawny Pipit, is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia, and northwest Africa. It is a migrant moving in winter to tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Seen at an open grassland at Blackbuck Sanctuary.

Notes:

Details from wiki, shot by Atul and I have his permission to upload this bird pic.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

10 Comments

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Approx 5inches long.

Braelei
Braelei 12 years ago

Cute little guy. You say he's a large pipit- could you give am approximate height measurement?

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Thanks.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

This tawny pipit is very pretty! I will keep "Nalsarovar" in mind.Thnx for the info.

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Emma, we usually go to our local pond. I keep visiting Nalsarovar, which is a bird sanctuary, when I visit my factory in Gujarat. This time Atul and Yogesh had joined me for Nalsarovar and then we went to Blackbuck Sanctuary.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Satyen ,where did you go to see these ?

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Thanks Karen. The recent collection is from the unforgettable birding trip with Atul and Yogesh Save.

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Lovely photo! Is this from your birding trip Satyen?

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Thank you very much. The credit again goes to Atul.

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Fantastic capture,

Wild Things
Spotted by
Wild Things

Gujarāt, India

Spotted on Mar 6, 2012
Submitted on Mar 12, 2012

Related Spottings

Anthus pratensis Meadow pipit Water Pipit Water Pipit

Nearby Spottings

White-tailed Plover Red-naped Ibis Oriental White Ibis (Juvenile) Short-toed Snake Eagle

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team