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*Anthus spinoletta* is a species of bird classified within the family Motacillidae, order Passeriformes, and class Aves. Described by Linnaeus in 1758, it belongs to the genus *Anthus* and is commonly known as the Water Pipit, Bergpieper, Bisbita Alpino, or corhedydd y dŵr. The species has a wingspan of 26 and a mass of 2.73. In the wild, its maximum longevity is 8.8 years.
The taxon range includes Hefei, the Nanling Mountains, and Africa. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2018. Occurrence records are held by institutions including CM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWBM, DMNS, and DMNH, with data from the United States, Belgium, and Russia.
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Species
Least ConcernAnthus spinoletta
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae
Maximum longevity: 8.8 years (wild)
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,239
- With media
- 115
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Collections
- CM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWBM, DMNS, DMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Belgium, Russia
Bird sounds
- call· Germany· quality A
- flight call· France· quality A
- flight call· Turkey· quality A
- flight call· United Arab Emirates· quality A
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Anthus
- Mass
- 2.73
- Image
- Anthus spinoletta - Water Pipit, Kahramanmaraş 2016-11-18 01-10.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Anthus spinoletta
- taxon name
- Anthus spinoletta
- Commons gallery
- Anthus spinoletta
- taxon common name
- obvodna cipa
- wingspan
- 26
- taxon range
- Africa
- short name
- A. spinoletta
- taxon author citation
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Encyclopedic overview
The water pipit (Anthus spinoletta) is a small passerine bird which breeds in the mountains of Southern Europe and the Palearctic eastwards to China. It is a short-distance migrant; many birds move to lower altitudes or wet open lowlands in winter.
The water pipit in breeding plumage has greyish-brown upperparts, weakly streaked with darker brown, and pale pink-buff underparts fading to whitish on the lower belly. The head is grey with a broad white supercilium ("eyebrow"), and the outer tail feathers are white. In winter, the head is grey-brown, the supercilium is duller, the upperparts are more streaked, and the underparts are white, streaked lightly with brown on the breast and flanks. There are only minor differences among the three subspecies, the sexes are almost identical, and young birds resemble adults. The water pipit's song is delivered from a perch or in flight, and consists of four or five blocks, each consisting of about six repetitions of a different short note.
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