Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusAnthus (Pipits)
- SpeciesAnthus campestris (Tawny Pipit)
About the Tawny Pipit
The tawny pipit (Anthus campestris) is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of the central Palearctic from northwest Africa and Portugal to Central Siberia and on to Inner Mongolia. It is a migrant moving in winter to tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
The tawny pipit was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the larks and pipits in the genus Alauda and coined the binomial name Alauda campestris. Linnaeus specified the type locality as Europe but this has been restricted to Sweden. The specific epithet campestris is Latin meaning "of the fields", from campus meaning "field". The tawny pipit is now one of over 40 species placed in the genus Anthus that was introduced in 1805 by German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein. The species is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
This is a large pipit, 16 centimetres (6.3 in) long with wing-span 25–28 centimetres (9.8–11.0 in), but is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly sandy brown above and pale below. It is very similar to Richard's pipit, but is slightly... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Camargue
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
Red-throated Pipit
Anthus cervinus
Richard's Pipit
Anthus richardi
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephala
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Tawny Pipit in Camargue?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny Pipit sighting in Camargue, based on 120 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Tawny Pipit in Camargue?
May has the highest sighting rate for Tawny Pipit in Camargue in our monthly data.