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GrasslandCup nestSmall · 25 g
What the Long-billed Pipit sounds like
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This is a medium-large pipit, 16–17.5 cm (6.3–6.9 in) long, but is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly sandy grey above and whitish or pale buff below. It is very similar to the tawny pipit, but is slightly larger, has a longer tail and a longer dark bill. The long-billed pipit's flight is strong and direct, and it gives a characteristic chupp call, similar to desert lark. Its song is like that of the tawny pipit, but slower and more varied, sri...churr...sri...churr…sri..churr. Like its relatives, long-billed pipit eats seeds and insects.
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When to see the Long-billed Pipit
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Long-billed Pipit
The map shades 34 countries with regular records, and 4 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 Bangladesh, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Eritrea.
About the Long-billed Pipit
The long-billed pipit or brown rock pipit is a passerine bird which has a wide distribution. A number of subspecies have been created for the populations in Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula and South Asia. The systematics of this complex is yet to be clarified. Most birds are residents or short distance migrants.
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Easily confused with
Rosy PipitAnthus roseatusThe Rosy pipit is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.
Berthelot's PipitAnthus berthelotiiBerthelot's pipit is a small passerine bird which breeds in Madeira and the Canary Islands.
Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskiiHeard, Chris (1995) Unravelling the mystery Birdwatch 41:20-24
Page, Doug (1997) From the Rarities Committee's files: problems presented by a pale Blyth's Pipit British Birds 90(10):404-409
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