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Berthelot's Pipit
(Anthus berthelotii)
German name(s): "Kanarenpieper"
Size: 13-14.5 cm; wing span 21-23 cm
Weight: 16-19 g
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Similar species |
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Physical description |
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Berthelot's Pipit is a small member of the genus Anthus. The
plumage is highly
cryptic. Both
sexes look alike.
Except for dark streaks down the chest, the
rest of the front is off-white to white.
The head is streaked grey on top and has the typical pattern of a dark
fringe around the ear coverts combining with an eye-stripe, above
which there is a prominent light supercilium, and a thin dark
moustachial stripe.
The lores are the same colour of greyish-brown as the eye-stripes.
The back is almost unmarked greyish-brown, while the wing feathers
are dark, with conspicuous off-white outer edges on the coverts.
The irises are dark-brown. The upper mandible and the tip of the
lower mandible are dark-grey, the rest of the lower mandible is
horn-coloured. Lets and feet are pinkish-grey to orange-grey.
Juveniles
are more streaked on chest and upperparts than
adults
and a warmer hue of brown where adults are greyish-brown.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See Berthelot's
Pipit at Wikipedia .
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
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and range
The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and
specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found,
based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to
ebird.org
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The global distribution of Berthelot's Pipit is available
HERE
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The range of Berthelot's Pipit is restricted to Madeira (Portugal)
and the Canary Islands (Spain), off the Atlantic coast of western
Africa.
Berthelot's Pipit is found in open country, such as stony and
sandy landscapes with low, often sparse vegetation, as well as
dry plains and mountain slopes.
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Sightings |
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J. Pires reports spotting Berthelot's Pipit
at Porto das Salemas, Camacha, Madeira, Portugal, in November 2022.
All sighting and photographic information presented on this
page has kindly been contributed by J. Pires.
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Photos |
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Near-lateral view of a Berthelot's Pipit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Porto das Salemas, Camacha, Madeira, Portugal, November 2022]
Near-lateral view of a Berthelot's Pipit looking away from the observer
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Porto das Salemas, Camacha, Madeira, Portugal, November 2022]
Distant lateral view of a Berthelot's Pipit on a heap of shredded
palm fronds
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Porto das Salemas, Camacha, Madeira, Portugal, November 2022]
Distant near-dorsal view of a Berthelot's Pipit on a heap of
shredded palm fronds
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Porto das Salemas, Camacha, Madeira, Portugal, November 2022]
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