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Water Pipit

Anthus spinoletta - Pipit spioncelle

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Motacillidés
Genus
:
Anthus
Species
:
spinoletta

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 17 cm
Wingspan
: 23 à 28 cm.
Weight
: 21 à 30 g

Longevity

9 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.

Subspecific information 3 Subspecies

Anthus spinoletta spinoletta (c and s Europe)
Anthus spinoletta coutellii (Turkey, the Caucasus and n Iran)
Anthus spinoletta blakistoni (s Russia and e Kazakhstan to sc Siberia, Mongolia and c China)

Foreign names

Pipit spioncelle,
Bisbita Alpino,
Petinha-ribeirinha,
Bergpieper,
Havasi pityer,
Waterpieper,
Spioncello alpino,
Vattenpiplärka,
Vannpiplerke,
ľabtuška vrchovská,
linduška horská,
Bjergpiber,
vuorikirvinen,
grasset de muntanya,
Fjalltittlingur,
siwerniak,
ūdeņu čipste,
vriskarica,
Горный конёк,
タヒバリ,
水鹨,
水鷚〔小水鷚，褐色鷚〕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Wastewater Treatment Areas, Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)

Geographic range

Illustration

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Sources of information

IOC World Bird List (v7.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017.

Other sources of interest