Buff-bellied Pipit

Anthus rubescens (Tunstall, 1771) AMEPI 10144
Family: Passeriformes > Motacillidae

Buff-bellied Pipit, Toby Carter

With its buff-coloured belly, this large pipit is a very rare autumn visitor to both Britain and Ireland.

Select a topic for more facts and statistics about the Buff-bellied Pipit

  • Breeding
  • Winter
Accidental

SEASONALITY

840 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
840 records

BTO RECORDS

Accidental

SEASONALITY

840 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
840 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.

Buff-bellied Pipit winter distribution 2008-11
Britain and Ireland Winter Distribution 2008-2011.
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Occupied 10-km squares in UK

DISTRIBUTION CHANGE

This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Buff-bellied Pipit, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Welsh: Corhedydd Melynllwyd
Catalan: piula americana
Czech: linduška promenlivá
Danish: Hedepiber
Dutch: Pacifische Waterpieper
Estonian: leetkiur
Finnish: tuhkakirvinen
French: Pipit d’Amérique
German: Pazifikpieper
Hungarian: vörhenyes pityer
Icelandic: Heiðatittlingur
Irish: Riabhóg Tharr-Dhonnbhuí
Italian: Spioncello del Pacifico
Latvian: rusgana cipste
Lithuanian: amerikinis kalviukas
Norwegian: Myrpiplerke
Polish: swiergotek bagienny
Portuguese: petinha-fulva
Slovak: labtuška okrová
Slovenian: ameriška vriskarica
Spanish: Bisbita norteamericano
Swedish: hedpiplärka

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