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Meadow Pipit

Anthus pratensis

Classification

Class
Aves

The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) 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. Taxonomy The meadow pipit was formally described by Swedish…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 293,702United Kingdom · 256,669Spain · 175,970France · 77,515Germany · 29,617Italy · 16,730Belgium · 8,119Switzerland · 2,720Luxembourg · 213