Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds


Buff-Bellied Pipit

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Scientific:
Anthus rubescens

Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Motacillidae
Genus:
Anthus

Danish: Hedepiber

Greenlandic: Avioktok, Ingiktayuk, Kajamaktoq

Length: 5.5-6.7 in (14-17 cm)

Weight: 0.7-0.9 oz (19-26 g)

Wingspan: 10.6 in (27 cm)

 

Jarmo Pirhonen, XC390471. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/390471.


References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Anthus rubescens. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=8F26868274C1EE0A

Hendricks, Paul and N. A. Verbeek. 2012. American Pipit (Anthus rubescens), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

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