Tawny Pipit

Anthus campestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tawny Pipit, Anthus campestris, breeds across open country from western Europe and north-west Africa through the Middle East to Mongolia, and winters in Africa and southern Asia. It is a passerine in the Motacillidae family, and a large pipit with a plain look on the ground. The upperparts are sandy brown and the underparts pale, with a narrower dark bill than Richard’s Pipit. It has a strong, direct flight and gives a sharp schip call. Its song is a brief repeated chir-ree chir-ree.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Motacillidae — Wagtails, Pipits

Breeding range

Palearctic, Africa: w Europe to w Mongolia and s to nw Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan

Nonbreeding range

AF, s Asia