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Pechora Pipit

Anthus gustaviOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)

Pechora Pipit Breeding Male Portrait
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General

Pechora Pipit: Small pipit with heavily streaked, dark brown upperparts. Breast, sides, and flanks are washed yellow with heavy black streaks. Belly and outer tail feathers are white. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Pechora Pipit: Rare visitor to the Aleutians and St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Found on damp tundra, open forests, and marshlands.

Voice Text

"pit", "pipit", "pwit", "zip"

Interesting Facts

 The Pechora Pipit was first described in 1863 by Robert Swinhoe, an English naturalist.

 It creeps mouse-like in long grass, and is reluctant to fly even when disturbed.

 Although the call is generally helpful when identifying pipits, this species calls far less than most.

 This, combine with its skulking habits, makes this a difficult bird to find and identify away from its breeding grounds in the Arctic.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)_blue
Species Anthus gustavi
Length5.5 - 6 Inches
Wingspan9.75 Inches

Pechora Pipit

Pechora Pipit: Small, shy pipit with heavily streaked, dark brown upperparts. The breast, sides, and flanks are washed yellow with heavy black streaks. Belly and outer tail feathers are white. It is named after the Pechora River Valley in northeastern Russia, where it breeds and nests.

● Song: "pit", "pipit", "pwit", "zip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Pechora Pipit Breeding Male: Eats mainly insects, particularly in the breeding season; takes some seeds in migration and on wintering grounds; forages on the ground and in low trees and bushes.

● Breeding & nesting: Pechora Pipit: Four to six gray or green eggs with dark spots are laid in a nest made of grass and plant material, lined with small leaves, and built on the ground, often sheltered by tree roots, a grassy tussock, or a shrub. Incubation ranges from 12 to 13 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Pechora Pipit: Red-throated Pipit has heavier bill, whiter back stripes, and buff throat (red-brown in breeding male). Tree Pipit has olive-gray upperparts. Olive-backed Pipit has faintly streaked olive-green upperparts.

Flight Pattern

Fairly swift rapid wing beats in a series, alternating with wings pulled to sides; repeated.
Pechora Pipit Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Pechora Pipit: Rare visitor to the Aleutians and St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Found on damp tundra, open forests, and marshlands.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationCasual to accidental
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.7 Ounces