It has a pale stripe over its eye, a slender bill and dark legs. Bohlen (1978) lists it as an irregular and uncommon migrant and notes that in spring there is often an early and a late population. ssp spinoletta tend to have more ascending call than Caucasian. Grey head with white eyebrow, black lores, and white throat. Water Pipit Water Pipit at Samphire Hoe (Geoff Burton) Anthus spinoletta Category A Very rare vagrant. In summer it has a distinctive breeding plumage, with a pinkish breast, grey head and pale supercilium. It breeds in the Alps and other mountains of central and southern Europe. The water pipit is a large and stocky pipit. Sample also above in MP3 format. The Rock Pipit's subspecies littoralis in summer plumage is very close in outward appearance to the Water Pipit however. It has dark legs, white outer tail feathers and a longish dark bill. This individual of Caucasian Water Pipit has not typical sonogram of flight call. Typically western birds spinoletta) have pinkish restricted to the breast with a contrasting white belly. Dark grey tail with white sides and faintly streaked brown back. Sonogram of This individual is close to ssp spinoletta. Caucasian Water Pipits tend to have M-shape peak In sonogram. 8 records Breeds in mountainous regions of central and southern Europe, often at considerable elevations above or at the edge of the tree line. Faint, grey streaks on flanks and sides of breast. It is greyish-brown above and pale below with streaks on its breast. The Meadow Pipit froze under the bank on Crossens Outer as two Merlins scorched by in rapid succession, scattering the Pied Wagtail flock that had at least one Water Pipit in tow this afternoon. Water Pipit: Small, sparrow-sized bird. He lists approximate dates of occurrence in Illinois as late March - early May and mid- September - mid-November *01*. What they eat: Insects and larvae. The water pipit is known as a migrant only in Illinois *10*. Shame the Water Pipits never perform so well, although I … The call sonogram signature of Caucasian Pipit is pretty distinctive with an 'M' shape as opposed to the more lightning strike shape of Water Pipit. Pink buff breast, white belly and vent. It does not breed in the UK, but is a winter visitor, mainly to southern and eastern England. Caucasian Pipit has been flagged up as a potential vagrant to UK so worth keeping any eye and ear out. Brown wings with two white wing bars. Summer plumage Water Pipit (above and below) - very little streaking on underparts, in fact the concolorous buffy-pink underparts is unusual for Western Water Pipit and the lack of a pale belly is generally a feature associated with Eastern Water Pipit.

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