AI overview
Anthus pratensis, commonly known as the meadow pipit, is a small songbird found across Europe and Asia that inhabits open grasslands and moorlands. This species is ecologically important as a widespread indicator of healthy grassland habitats and serves as a host bird for cuckoos, which lay their eggs in meadow pipit nests.
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Species
Least Concernmeadow pipit
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae
Observations33,386
Maximum longevity: 7.7 years (wild)
via GBIF · IUCN
Bird sounds
- alarm call, call, flight call· United Kingdom· quality A
- call, flight call· Spain· quality A
- call, flight call· Spain· quality A
Article
The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout much of the Palearctic, from south-eastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; an isolated population also occurs in the Caucasus Mountains. It is migratory over most of its range, wintering in southern Europe, North Africa, and south-western Asia, but is resident year-round in western Europe, although even here many birds move to the coast or lowlands in winter.
Taxonomy