Pechora Pipit
Pechora Pipit
Anthus gustavi
At a Glance
Nesting across northern Siberia and wintering mostly in the Philippines and Indonesia, the Pechora Pipit is a long-distance migrant that has strayed to Alaska on rare occasions. It is even more elusive and harder to see than most pipits, hiding in dense grass and other low growth, flushing only at close range.
All bird guide text and rangemaps adapted from Lives of North American Birds by Kenn Kaufman© 1996, used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Category
Perching Birds
IUCN Status
Least Concern
Habitat
Fields, Meadows, and Grasslands, Shrublands, Savannas, and Thickets, Tundra and Boreal Habitats
Behavior
Direct Flight, Erratic, Flap/Glide, Flitter, Flushes, Formation, Hovering, Rapid Wingbeats, Running, Soaring, Swooping, Undulating
Range & Identification
Description
5 1/2" (14 cm). Very bold white stripes on back compared to other pipits. Relatively plain face, fine black streaks on chest, pale legs.
Size
About the size of a Sparrow
Wing Shape
Broad, Fingered, Long, Narrow, Pointed, Rounded, Short, Swept, Tapered
Tail Shape
Notched, Rounded, Square-tipped
Songs and Calls
Call a short, wiry tdzip, seldom heard, even from flushed birds.
Call Pattern
Complex, Falling, Flat, Rising, Simple, Undulating
Call Type
Buzz, Chatter, Chirp/Chip, Croak/Quack, Drum, Flute, Hi, Hoot, Odd, Rattle, Raucous, Scream, Trill, Whistle, Yodel
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