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Buff-Bellied Pipit

Posted in Pipit on April 26, 2018 by macpherc

http://www.theonlinezoo.com/pages/buff-bellied_pipit.html

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.

Meadow Pipit

Posted in Pipit on April 22, 2018 by macpherc

http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/linnut/meadow-pipit

Scientific:
Anthus pratensis

Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Motacillidae
Genus:
Anthus

Danish: Engpiber

Greenlandic: No Translation Found

Length: 14–15.5 cm

Weight: 15–23 g.

Fun Fact: The Meadow Pipit is the smallest of the Pipit species.

Terje Kolaas, XC383755. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/383755.

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018).  Anthus pretenses. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=14873249B607CEB1

BirdLife International (2018) Species factsheet: Anthus pratensis. Found at  http://www.birdlife.org

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