Tawny Pipit

How to identify

Field marks

1. Upperparts sandy-brown; underparts pale
2. Fewer streaks than Richard's Pipit
3. Bill narrower than in Richard's Pipit
4. Legs and feet, wings and tail shorter than in Richard's Pipit

Voice

A “schip” call, higher-pitched than in Richard's Pipit; the song is a loud, two-syllable “chir-ree chir-ree”, repeated in short phrases.

Similar species

Richard's Pipit

Very similar to Richard's Pipit, but slightly smaller, with shorter wings, tail, legs and feet, a narrower bill and fewer streaks; its “schip” call is higher-pitched.

Where and when it's recorded

Tawny Pipit has been recorded at 707 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 82 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Wamm FarmsUnited Arab Emirates1,143 records
2. Private estate near Green MubazzarahUnited Arab Emirates1,071 records
3. RivaTürkiye925 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United Arab EmiratesIndiaSpainTürkiyePortugalGreeceIsraelCyprus

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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