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Siberian and American Pipit Anthus rubescens japonicus/rubescens |
This Siberian
(Buff-bellied) Pipit (A. r. japonicus) was
photographed at Ophira-Park,
In the picture above
and to the left some key features of this (sub)species
can be seen, such as the pale lores, the complete
eye-ring and the distinct supercillium. The upperparts are dark grey-brown and
sparsely streaked. The large white tips to the median and greater wingcoverts
(the first in fresh plumage being bolder than the latter) and the large dark malar-patch -both in a more fresher
plumage good fieldmarks- are mostly worn off. The
underparts are distinctly streaked, in that recalling Red-throated Pipit. Some
summer-plumage buff is already shining through in the face and underparts.
American (Buff-bellied) Pipit A.r. rubescens. Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA, 16 December 2000. Both pictures by Roef Mulder. The underparts are
more diffusely (pencil-) streaked. The upperparts are of a greyer tone than in
Siberian Pipit. The legs are black on American Pipit and dark-red or paler on
Siberian.
Again, the sparsely streaked
upperparts can be seen, thus separating it from Meadow Pipit A. pratensis. Note also the rather slender bill. In the
picture below the dark-red legs are visible. In Water Pipit A. spinoletta they are deep black. The latter has also got
dark lores.
For a
more in-deep article on SBbP at surfbirds.com click here
For more
great S(Bb)P-pictures at Dick Newell's site click here
For
American (Bb) Pipit showing features of Siberian click here.
Identification
of the two (sub)species might not be that straightforward…
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