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What the American Pipit sounds like
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Like most other pipits, the American pipit is an undistinguished-looking species which usually can be seen to run around on the ground. It has lightly streaked grey-brown upperparts and is diffusely streaked below on the buff breast and flanks. The belly is whitish, the bill and legs are dark. The related Siberian pipit is darker above and has bolder black streaking on its whiter underparts; its legs have a reddish hue. The call is a squeaky sip. Measurements: Length: 16 cm Weight: 22 g Wingspan: 24 cm
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When to see the American Pipit
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the American Pipit
The map shades 20 countries with regular records, and 9 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in France, Spain, Belize, Mongolia, Germany, Italy, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Netherlands.
About the American Pipit
The American pipit, formerly known as the buff-bellied pipit, is a small songbird native to North America. It was first described by Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 Ornithologia Britannica. It was formerly classified as a form of the water pipit. The former subspecies, Siberian pipit, is now considered a distinct species.
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Easily confused with
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisThis is a small pipit that resembles the meadow pipit.
European Rock PipitAnthus petrosusThe European rock pipit is 16.5–17 centimetres (6.5–6.7 in) long and weighs 18–32.5 grams (0.63–1.15 oz).
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaThe water pipit is 15–17 centimetres (5.9–6.7 in) long and weighs 18.7–23 grams (0.66–0.81 oz).
Side by side: American Pipit vs Meadow Pipit · American Pipit vs Tree Pipit · American Pipit vs European Rock Pipit · American Pipit vs Water Pipit
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