Richard's Pipit vs Yellowish Pipit

Richard's Pipit

Anthus richardi

Small32 gGrassland

This is a large pipit, 17–20 cm in length, with a weight of 25–36 g and a wingspan of 29 to 33 cm. It is a slender bird which often stands very upright. It has long yellow-brown legs, a long tail with white outer-feathers and a long dark bill with a yellowish base to the lower mandible. The hindclaw is long and fairly straight. It is an undistinguished-looking species on the ground, mainly brown above and pale below. There are dark streaks on the upperparts and breast while the belly and flanks are plain.

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Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Flight call · Vains, Manche, Normandie, France · CC0

Photo: Børge Mørkve-Simonsen|David Kobbevik · CC BY 4.0

Yellowish Pipit

Anthus chii

Tiny16 g

The yellowish pipit is one of the smallest members of genus Anthus, and is unusually long-legged and short-tailed. It is 10.5 to 14 cm (4.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 13 to 18 g (0.46 to 0.63 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. In fresh plumage adults have a dark brown head with a very pale supercilium and a thin white eye-ring. Their upperparts are dark brown with buff-brown feather edges that give a streaked appearance. The sides of their neck have lighter speckles. Their wing coverts have pale tips that show as two wing bars. Their flight feathers are blackish brown with pale edges. Voice: The yellowish pipit sings during its display flight, "during ascent silent, when gliding back to ground, nasal, slightly cross-sounding, sjiieeuuw, starting very high and thin, lowered, and becoming nasal". Its calls are "a short tsitsirrit, also wisst, and a high, rising squeaky squeet".

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Photo: Tomás Carranza Perales · CC BY 4.0

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