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European Rock Pipit

(Anthus petrosus)
German name(s): "Strandpieper"
Size: 16.5-17 cm
Weight: 18-32.5 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 European Rock Pipit at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "petrosus"(?)

ADULT

Sex unknown

BREEDING

Full-frontal view of a European Rock Pipit in breeding plumage - note the dark bill (photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, August 2023]

Near-frontal view of a European Rock Pipit in breeding plumage looking sideways (photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, August 2023]

Near-lateral view of a European Rock Pipit in breeding plumage appearing in a gap between two coastal rocks
(photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, August 2023]

Near-dorsal view of a European Rock Pipit in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, August 2023]

NON-BREEDING

Frontal view of a European Rock Pipit in non-breeding plumage - note the partly horn-coloured bill - in its favourite habitat (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Near Vannes, Bretagne, France, August 2020]

Near-frontal view of a European Rock Pipit in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Near Quimper, Bretagne, France, August 2020]

Lateral view of a European Rock Pipit in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Near Quimper, Bretagne, France, August 2020]

Lateral view of a European Rock Pipit in non-breeding plumage in its favourite habitat (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Near Vannes, Bretagne, France, August 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a European Rock Pipit in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Near Quimper, Bretagne, France, August 2020]

Behaviour

2 European Rock Pipits in breeding plumage in their favourite habitat (photo courtesy of C. Pears)
[Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, August 2023]

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