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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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Physical description Click here for a physical description 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.

Taxonomy, classification See Berthelot's Pipit at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat 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 . The global distribution of Berthelot's Pipit is available HERE . 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.

Sightings Click here for sighting information 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.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

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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