Puna Pipit

Anthus brevirostris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesSmall · 20 g

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The puna pipit is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs about 20 g (0.71 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a blackish brown head with a buffy-white supercilium, a buffy-white eye-ring, and a black "moustache". Their upperparts are blackish brown with buffy brown feather edges that give a scaled appearance. Their wings are dusky with buffy edges on the flight feathers and the coverts; the last show as two indistinct wing bars. Their tail is mostly dusky with white outer two pairs of feathers. Voice: The puna pipit sings during the flight display. Its song is "a series of reedy introductory notes followed by a musical gurling trill: chi-chi-eewww-wwwCHEWCHEWCHEW" and its call is "a flat clep".

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When to see the Puna Pipit

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Puna Pipit

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Puna Pipit

The puna pipit is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae, the wagtails and pipits. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.

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