Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Wagtails and Pipits :: American Pipit

American Pipit Anthus rubescens

Described by: Tunstall (1771)
Alternate common name(s): Buff-bellied Pipit, Farlousane Pipit, Water Pipit Siberian Pipit, Siberian Water-pipit
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Feb 10, 2007 © William Hull  Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Feb 10, 2007 © William Hull  Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Feb 14, 2008 © William Hull  Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Feb 14, 2008 © William Hull  Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA - Sep 29, 2002 © Glen Tepke 
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Range

C. and nc. Asia across n. and w. North America to w. Greenland;
Fragmented distribution;
(1) N. and ne. Asia (ne. Siberia from Taimyr Peninsula e. to Chukotski Peninsula, Kamchatka Peninsula, Commander Is., Sakhalin Is. and Kuril Is.) and n. North America in the arctic of Canada s. to s. Mackenzie, s. Keewatin, n. Manitoba, n. Ontario, s. Labrador, se. Quebec, Newfoundland, and ne. United States (n. New Hampshire, Maine), and w. Greenland.
Winters s. to Mexico.
(2) E. Asia from e. Siberia s. of (1) in Transbaicalia, and n. Ussuriland.
Winters in Japan s. to n. India, s. China and Burma.
(3) Aleutians Is., Alaska, w. Canada (n. Yukon s. through British Columbia, and sw. Alberta) and nw. United States (Washington, w. Montana, and locally on high mountains in Oregon and sc. California).
Winters s. to s. Mexico.
(4) Mountains of sw. United States (Utah, Colorado, n. Arizona and n. New Mexico) and nw. Mexico.

Videos

Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan - Feb 10, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is walking on ground.

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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