Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
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About Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Perching Birds
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
The tree pipit is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout most of Europe and the Palearctic as far east as the East Siberian Mountains. It is a long-distance migrant, migrating in winter to Africa and southern Asia. The scientific name is from Latin: anthus is the name of a small bird of grasslands, and the specific trivialis means "common".
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2006-04-01
Olympos Mountains National Park, Turkey -
2008-07-23
Tuva - Western Mountains, RussiaJust above the tree line. But based on long claw on foot, not meadow pipit. -
2008-08-08
Krasnoyarsk - Yenesey South Bank, Russia -
2008-08-10
Krasnoyarsk - East River Island, Russia -
