Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 21,084
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The meadow pipit is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout much of the Palearctic, from south-eastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; an isolated population also occurs in the Caucasus Mountains. It is migratory over most of its range, wintering in southern Europe, North Africa, and south-western Asia, but is resident year-round in western Europe, although even here many birds move to the coast or lowlands in winter.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Meadow pipit”.