Anthus pratensis

Also known as titlark, Meadow Pipit

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

Anthus pratensis, commonly known as the Meadow Pipit, is a species of bird within the family Motacillidae. It belongs to the genus Anthus and was originally described by Linnaeus in 1758. The species is classified under the order Passeriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. Its IUCN conservation status is Least Concern, a designation assigned in 2021.

This diurnal bird has a wingspan of 0.26 and a mass of 2.06. In the wild, its maximum longevity is 7.7 years. The taxon range includes Africa, while occurrence records have been documented in Russia, Greece, the United Kingdom, and Belgium. The species is not extinct and has an accepted taxonomic status.

Synthesized by Vinony from 47 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Encyclopedia of Life, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

meadow pipit

Anthus pratensis

SPECIES

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyMotacillidae

Observations33,386

Observations recorded3,364,728

Maximum longevity: 7.7 years (wild)

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1,320
With media: 164
Family: Motacillidae
Collections: UWBM, YPM, SUI, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
Recorded in: Russia, Greece, United Kingdom, Belgium

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Bird sounds

alarm call, call, flight call· United Kingdom· quality A
call, flight call· Spain· quality A
call, flight call· Spain· quality A
call· United Kingdom· quality A

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Anthus
Mass: 2.06
Image: Meadow-Pipit.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
Commons category: Anthus pratensis
taxon name: Anthus pratensis
Commons gallery: Anthus pratensis
wingspan: 0.26
taxon common name: mala cipa
diel cycle: diurnality
short name: A. pratensis
taxon range: Africa
taxon author citation: (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Encyclopedic overview

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

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