Ochre-breasted Pipit

Anthus nattereri

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableInvertebratesGrasslandCup nestSmall · 20 g

What the Ochre-breasted Pipit sounds like

Sonogram of the Ochre-breasted Pipit: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Belén y Diego · Uncertain · Pancho Cue, General Alvear, Corrientes, Argentina · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Ochre-breasted Pipit: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Fernando Jacobs · Song, song in flight · Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The ochre-breasted pipit is 13.5 to 15 cm (5.3 to 5.9 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a blackish brown head with a yellow-buff supercilium, a thin dark "moustache", and a black spot on the cheek. Their upperparts and wings are mostly blackish brown with bright buff or golden ochraceous-yellow feather edges that give a bold streaked appearance. Their rump is more rufous and less streaked than their back. Their tail's inner three pairs of feathers are dark brown. Voice: The ochre-breasted pipit sings during the aerial display, a "very high, sharp, twittering series in 3-6 slightly lowered groups of notes without intervals, ending in a gliding-down èèèh-èèèh-èèèh".

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When to see the Ochre-breasted Pipit

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ochre-breasted Pipit

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Ochre-breasted Pipit

The ochre-breasted pipit is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Motacillidae, the wagtails and pipits. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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