Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
TI
TAWPI
10050
Family: Passeriformes > Motacillidae
With a dozen records per year, Tawny Pipit is a scarce visitor to Britain & Ireland. Records peak during spring and autumn passage, and most come from southern England and southern Ireland.
Tawny Pipit breeds across much of southern and central Europe, its breeding range extending east to Mongolia. Individuals winter from central west Africa, east through Arabia and on to India.
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SEASONALITY
BTO RECORDS
SEASONALITY
BTO RECORDS
Identification
Tawny Pipit identification is often difficult.
SONGS AND CALLS
Listen to example recordings of the main vocalisations of Tawny Pipit, provided by xeno-canto contributors.
Flight call
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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.
| Species of European Conservation Concern | Least Concern |
| IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (global) |
Least Concern 
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| Schedule 1 license required (to disturb) | No |
| Birds Directive Annex 1 | No |
POPULATION SIZE
We have no population estimates for this scarce species.
| BOU Category | A |
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First Record
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West Sussex, 1858 |
DISTRIBUTION
This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.
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Britain and Ireland Breeding Distribution 2008-2011.
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Britain and Ireland Winter Distribution 2008-2011.
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Occupied 10-km squares in UK
| No. occupied in winter | 1 |
| % occupied in winter | 0.03 |
European Distribution Map
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 Tawny 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
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Field Codes
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2-letter: TI | 5-letter code: TAWPI | Euring: 10050 |
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Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com
- Evaluating the English Higher Level Stewardship scheme for farmland birds
- Breeding birds of the Buitenkaadse Oostvaardersplassen in 1997, 2002 and 2007.
- Changes in breeding success and abundance of ground-nesting moorland birds in relation to the experimental deployment of legal predator control
Read more studies about Tawny Pipit on Conservation Evidence >
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