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Meadow Pipit

(Anthus pratensis)
German name(s): "Wiesenpieper"
Size: 14-15.5 cm; wing span 22-25 cm
Weight: 15-23 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Meadow Pipit at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Fresh plumage

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 - this photo shows clearly the yellow base of the lower mandible and the very long hind claws, both of which distinguish this species from the Tree Pipit (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, November 2020]

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 fresh plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, November 2020]

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]

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]

Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in worn plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, January 2020]

Lateral view of a Meadow Pipit in worn plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Oriola, Portel, Evora, Portugal, January 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a Meadow Pipit; note the long and curved hind claws (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2018]

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]

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