Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 23,595
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The tree pipit 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".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Tree pipit”.