Tawny Pipit

Anthus campestris (Linnaeus, 1758) TI TAWPI 10050
Family: Passeriformes > Motacillidae

Tawny Pipit, Philip Croft

With a dozen records per year, Tawny Pipit is a scarce visitor to Britain & Ireland. Records peak during spring and autumn passage, and most come from southern England and southern Ireland.

Tawny Pipit breeds across much of southern and central Europe, its breeding range extending east to Mongolia. Individuals winter from central west Africa, east through Arabia and on to India.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
Accidental

SEASONALITY

1.2k records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
1.2k records

BTO RECORDS

Accidental

SEASONALITY

1.2k records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
1.2k records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

Tawny Pipit identification is often difficult.

SONGS AND CALLS

Listen to example recordings of the main vocalisations of Tawny Pipit, provided by xeno-canto contributors.

Flight call

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.

Occupied 10-km squares in UK

European Distribution Map

European Breeding Bird Atlas 2

DISTRIBUTION CHANGE

This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Tawny Pipit, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Welsh: Corhedydd Melyn
Catalan: trobat
Czech: linduška úhorní
Danish: Markpiber
Dutch: Duinpieper
Estonian: nõmmekiur
Finnish: nummikirvinen
French: Pipit rousseline
German: Brachpieper
Hungarian: parlagi pityer
Icelandic: Sandtittlingur
Irish: Riabhóg Dhonn
Italian: Calandro
Latvian: (stepes cipste), lauku cipste
Lithuanian: dirvoninis kalviukas
Norwegian: Markpiplerke
Polish: swiergotek polny
Portuguese: petinha-dos-campos
Slovak: labtuška polná
Slovenian: rjava cipa
Spanish: Bisbita campestre
Swedish: fältpiplärka

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