Blyth's Pipit

What the Blyth's Pipit sounds like

Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Call, flight call · Cabane Vauban (near Carolles), Manche, Normandie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Jochem Verweij · Flight call · Ögiy, O'giinuur, Arkhangai, Mongolia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Jochem Verweij · Flight call · Ögiy, O'giinuur, Arkhangai, Mongolia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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When to see the Blyth's Pipit

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Blyth's Pipit

The map shades 24 countries with regular records, and 12 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 Belgium, France, Finland, Netherlands, Japan, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR China, Italy, Estonia.

About the Blyth's Pipit

Blyth's pipit is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in Mongolia and neighbouring areas of China, Tibet and India. It is a long distance migrant moving to open lowlands in Southern Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.

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Easily confused with

Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensisIts length is 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in), and its weight is 23–36.6 g (0.81–1.29 oz). Striped PipitAnthus lineiventrisIt is a large pipit, ranging from 17 to 18 centimeters in length and weighing 31-37 grams. Hellmayr's PipitAnthus hellmayriHellmayr's pipit is about 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long.

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