Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusAnthus (Pipits)
- SpeciesAnthus trivialis (Tree Pipit)
About the Tree Pipit
The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout most of Europe and the Palearctic as far east as the East Siberian Mountains. It is a long-distance migrant, migrating in winter to Africa and southern Asia. The scientific name is from Latin: anthus is the name of a small bird of grasslands, and the specific trivialis means "common".
The breeding habitat is open woodland and scrub. The nest is placed on the ground and usually 4–6 eggs are laid. This species is insectivorous like its relatives, but will also eat seeds. The tree pipit was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Alauda trivialis. Linnaeus noted that the species occurred in Sweden. The specific epithet trivialis is Latin meaning "common" or "ordinary" from Latin trivium meaning "public street". The tree pipit is now placed in the genus Anthus that was introduced in 1805 by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein.
Two subspecies are recognised: A. t. trivialis (Linnaeus, 1758) – breeds across Europe to southwest Siberia, north Iran and Turkey, east Kazakhstan, southcentral... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Hohe Tauern National Park
Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Coal Tit
Periparus ater
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
House Martin
Delichon urbicum
Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
Eurasian Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
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 Tree Pipit in Hohe Tauern National Park?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tree Pipit sighting in Hohe Tauern National Park, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Tree Pipit in Hohe Tauern National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Tree Pipit in Hohe Tauern National Park in our monthly data.