How do you identify an Alpine Pipit?

The alpine pipet is a medium-sized bird that lives in the alpine grasslands. Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is an Alpine Pipit?

The Alpine Pipit is a small sized bird weighing about 36 g.

Where can you see an Alpine Pipit?

The Alpine Pipit occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

What birds look similar to an Alpine Pipit?

The Alpine Pipit is most easily confused with the Pampas Pipit, the Short-tailed Pipit and the Sokoke Pipit.

Is the Alpine Pipit endangered?

The Alpine Pipit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Alpine Pipit

Anthus gutturalis

Wagtails and Pipits · Passeriformes · Legendary

The Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis) is a legendary wagtails and pipit found in 2 countries, weighing about 36 g. The alpine pipit is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.

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Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis), photo 2 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis), photo 3 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis), photo 4 — Photo: Bolding Kristensen, Jan · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis), photo 5 — Photo: Bolding Kristensen, Jan · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis), photo 6 — Photo: Ren Hathway · CC BY 4.0

Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis), photo 7 — Photo: Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0

Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis), photo 8 — Photo: Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0

Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis), photo 9 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Alpine Pipit

The alpine pipit is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in New Guinea.

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How to identify it

The alpine pipet is a medium-sized bird that lives in the alpine grasslands. It has a light brown back and wings with tan colored tips to its back feathers. Its chest is a strong tan color, matching the color of its similar tan tips of its back feathers and wings. The Pipit has a skinny pointed beak. Directly under the tail, the bird has medium length red legs attached to long-toed pronged feet. The pipet also has three long tail feathers that extend about two inches off the back of its body.

Where it lives

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

When to see it

Best months: May, June, July, August, September, October, with peak activity in October. It is a winter visitor species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify an Alpine Pipit?: The alpine pipet is a medium-sized bird that lives in the alpine grasslands. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is an Alpine Pipit?: The Alpine Pipit is a small sized bird weighing about 36 g.
Where can you see an Alpine Pipit?: The Alpine Pipit occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
What birds look similar to an Alpine Pipit?: The Alpine Pipit is most easily confused with the Pampas Pipit, the Short-tailed Pipit and the Sokoke Pipit.
Is the Alpine Pipit endangered?: The Alpine Pipit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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