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Anthus petrosus
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species of bird
OverviewAI-generated
Anthus petrosus, commonly known as the European Rock Pipit, is a species of bird within the family Motacillidae. Classified under the order Passeriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata, it belongs to the genus Anthus. The species was described by Montagu in 1798 and is currently accepted by the World Register of Marine Species. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2018.
The bird has a wingspan of 25 and a litter size of 4.9. In the wild, its maximum longevity is 10.9 years. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Sweden, with specimens held by institutions including RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN, NHMUK, and GNM. The species has 569,835 occurrences documented in GBIF.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least ConcernEurasian rock pipit
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae
Maximum longevity: 10.9 years (wild)
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 137
- With media
- 75
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN, NHMUK, GNM
- Recorded in
- Canada, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands
Bird sounds
- flight call· Estonia· quality A
- call, flight call· Sweden· quality A
- call· United Kingdom· quality A
- call· United Kingdom· quality A
via Xeno-canto
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Anthus petrosus
- Commons category
- Anthus petrosus
- Commons gallery
- Anthus petrosus
- wingspan
- 25
- litter size
- 4.9
- taxon common name
- rock pipit
- taxon author citation
- (Montagu, 1798)
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Encyclopedic overview
The European rock pipit (Anthus petrosus), or simply rock pipit, is a species of small passerine bird that breeds in western Europe on rocky coasts. It has streaked greyish-brown upperparts and buff underparts, and is similar in appearance to other European pipits. There are two subspecies, of which the nominate is non-migratory, and the Fennoscandian one is migratory, wintering in shoreline habitats further west and south in Europe. The European rock pipit is territorial at least in the breeding season, and year-round where it is resident. Males will sometimes enter an adjacent territory to assist the resident in repelling an intruder, behaviour only otherwise known from the African fiddler crab.
European rock pipits construct a cup nest under coastal vegetation or in cliff crevices and lay four to six speckled pale grey eggs which hatch in about two weeks with a further 16 days to fledging. Although insects are occasionally caught in flight, the pipits feed mainly on small invertebrates picked off the rocks or from shallow water.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anthus petrosus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.