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Meadow Pipit![]() Size: 14-15.5 cm; wing span 22-25 cm Weight: 15-23 g |
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Photos |
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Fresh plumage
Frontal view of a Meadow Pipit in fresh
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, December 2019]
Near-frontal view of a Meadow Pipit in fresh
plumage - note
the creamy to buff base colour (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[November 2017]
Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in fresh
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, December 2019]
Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in fresh
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2016]
Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in fresh
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, October 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a Meadow Pipit in fresh
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[November 2017]
Near-dorsal/ventral view of a Meadow Pipit in fresh
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2016]
Dorsal view of a Meadow Pipit in fresh
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas do Brito, Tejo estuary, Portugal, December 2019]
Near-frontal view of a Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, near Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Ilha da Murraceira, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, February 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Ilha da Murraceira, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, February 2019]
Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, near Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2019]
Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, January 2018]
Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, February 2018]
Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, January 2017]
Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[June 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, near Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, November 2017]
Dorsal view of a Meadow Pipit in fresh
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[November 2017]
Meadow Pipit in intermediate
plumage
taking off
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Montijo, Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2019]
Worn plumage
Frontal view of a Meadow Pipit in worn
plumage;
note the grey base colour (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Bergen, Norway, May 2016]
Frontal view of a Meadow Pipit in worn
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2014]
Near-frontal view of a Meadow Pipit (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Bergen, Norway, May 2016]
Near-frontal view of a Meadow Pipit
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2018]
Near-lateral view of a Meadow Pipit
(photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Bergen, Norway, May 2016]
Near-dorsal view of a Meadow Pipit; note the long and curved
hind claws
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2018]
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Food, Diet |
Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in fresh
plumage
with its prey, a large beetle
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, January 2018]