pipit
any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.
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The pipit is one of the first species to officially recover — moving in 2021 into the category titled Least Concern.
Explainer: What is an endangered species? | Jaime Chambers | March 10, 2022 | Science News For StudentsDufour and his team used computer models that estimate climate suitability for the pipits in Europe based on variables like temperature and precipitation.
Some songbirds now migrate east to west. Climate change may play a role | Jake Buehler | November 9, 2021 | Science NewsSo, Dufour, now at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and his team started monitoring the pipits in France and Spain to see where the birds were coming from, and if the birds were visiting Europe on purpose or just getting lost.
Some songbirds now migrate east to west. Climate change may play a role | Jake Buehler | November 9, 2021 | Science NewsSince more than half of the birds in southern Europe and nearby northwestern Africa documented in the winter were adults, Dufour and his colleagues think that many of these pipits are seasonal migrants.
Some songbirds now migrate east to west. Climate change may play a role | Jake Buehler | November 9, 2021 | Science NewsOf these I will only mention the blackcap, linnet, and tree-pipit.
Birds and Man | W. H. Hudson
My new-found friend (the feathered one, I mean) was the American pipit, which some years ago was known as the tit-lark.
Birds of the Rockies | Leander Sylvester KeyserIn our climb up Gray's Peak we found the pipit realm and that of the white-crowned sparrows slightly overlapping.
Birds of the Rockies | Leander Sylvester KeyserI cannot find a similar case among British species to illustrate this point, unless it be that of the meadow- and rock-pipit.
Birds and Man | W. H. HudsonAnd yet the tree-pipit is not very highly regarded among British melodists, on account of the little variety there is in its song.
Birds in Town and Village | W. H. Hudson
British Dictionary definitions for pipit
/ (ˈpɪpɪt) /
any of various songbirds of the genus Anthus and related genera, having brownish speckled plumage and a long tail: family Motacillidae: Also called: titlark
Origin of pipit
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