meadow pipit

British  

noun

1. a common European songbird, Anthus pratensis, with a pale brown speckled plumage: family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)

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Example Sentences

It was a meadow pipit, a protected bird in China, and an important "indicator species" - that means if its numbers are thriving, so is its environment.

From BBC

Birds like the meadow pipit and skylark use the heather for nesting, and it is also a source of food for the red grouse.

From BBC

Another discovery was that non-scavenger birds such as the meadow pipit, northern wheatear, common reed bunting, bluethroat and lapland bunting all fed on the “bloom” of arthropods, such as blowfly, that developed on the carrion.

From The Guardian

A migratory song bird, the meadow pipit, has declined by nearly 70%.

From The Guardian

"That's a meadow pipit!" he exclaimed, homing in his telescope on a plump, brown bird with beady black eyes.

From Los Angeles Times