Learn what every symbol on the card means.Full credits and sources at beakbrain.com/symbols
GrasslandCup nestSmall · 23 g
What the Tawny Pipit sounds like
ID tip
This is a large pipit, 16 centimetres (6.3 in) long with wing-span 25–28 centimetres (9.8–11.0 in), but is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly sandy brown above and pale below. It is very similar to Richard's pipit, but is slightly smaller, has shorter wings, tail and legs and a narrower dark bill. It is also less streaked. Its flight is strong and direct, and it gives a characteristic "schip" call, higher pitched than Richard's. Its song is a short repetition of a loud disyllabic chir-ree chir-ree.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
When to see the Tawny Pipit
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Tawny Pipit
The map shades 87 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 Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Tajikistan.
About the Tawny Pipit
The tawny pipit is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of the central Palearctic from northwest Africa and Portugal to Central Siberia and on to Inner Mongolia. It is a migrant moving in winter to tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Easily confused with
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinusThis is a small pipit, with an adult easily identified in the breeding season by its brick-red face and throat.
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoniSize: Sparrow+ (ca. 15 cm (5.9 in))
Appearance: Greenish brown streaked with darker brown above.
Australian PipitAnthus australisIt is a slender bird, 16 to 19 cm long, and weighs about 40 grams.
Side by side: Paddyfield Pipit vs Tawny Pipit · African Pipit vs Tawny Pipit · Red-throated Pipit vs Tawny Pipit · Olive-backed Pipit vs Tawny Pipit · Australian Pipit vs Tawny Pipit
Learn the Tawny Pipit in the BeakBrain App
Photo and call practice. Coming soon to iPhone and Android.
Play today's Daily BirdEvery photo and recording on this page is credited to its author under the licence shown. Spotted a problem with this page, or have a better photo? Contribute.