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Anthus antarcticus

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Anthus antarcticus

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Also known as South Georgia Pipit

species of bird

Species

Least Concern

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyMotacillidae
Observations recorded2,962

Большой конёк (лат. Anthus antarcticus) — певчая птица из семейства трясогузковых. Эндемик острова Южная Георгия, единственная певчая птица Субантарктики. Гнездо из соломинок устраивает обычно в траве, куда откладывает четыре яйца в год. Питается насекомыми и паукообразными. Вид находился под угрозой из-за серых крыс, завезённых на остров, а также антропогенных факторов. Птиц можно встретить также на острове Прайон[en].

via GBIF · IUCN

Museum specimens

Specimen records
13
With media
1
Family
Motacillidae
Collections
CLO, UMZC, MCZ, UWBM, USNM, GNM
Recorded in
South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands, South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia Island

Bird sounds

  • song· Antarctica· quality A
  • call· Antarctica· quality C
  • flight call· Antarctica· quality C
  • song· Antarctica· quality C

via Xeno-canto

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anthus
Continent
Antarctica
Mass
36
Image
Anthus antarcticus -South Georgia, British overseas territory-8.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon name
Anthus antarcticus
Commons category
Anthus antarcticus
taxon common name
caminheiro-da-geórgia-do-sul
litter size
4
short name
A. antarcticus
taxon author citation
Cabanis, 1884
Sources (3)

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Encyclopedic overview

The South Georgia pipit (Anthus antarcticus) is a sparrow-sized bird found only on the South Georgia archipelago off the Antarctic Peninsula. It is the only songbird in Antarctica, South Georgia's only passerine, and one of the few non-seabirds found in the region. It builds nests from dried grass, usually within tussac grass, and lays four eggs a year. It feeds on small insects and spiders, and beach debris.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anthus antarcticus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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