Tawny Pipit Anthus Campestris Royalty-Free Stock Photo

The Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia, and northwest Africa. It is a migrant moving in winter to tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent. 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 smaller, has shorter wings, tail and legs and a narrower dark bill. It is also less streaked. Its flight is strong and direct, and it gives a characteristic `schip` call, higher pitched than Richard`s. Its song is a short repetition of a loud disyllabic chir-ree chir-ree.