pipit

American  

[pip-it] / ˈpɪp ɪt /

noun

1. 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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pipit British  

/ ˈpɪpɪt /

noun

1. Also called: titlark.  any of various songbirds of the genus Anthus and related genera, having brownish speckled plumage and a long tail: family Motacillidae

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Etymology

Origin of pipit

First recorded in 1760–70; imitative

Example Sentences

Nightingale, greenfinch, grey partridge, marsh tit, skylark, nightjar and tree pipit - all Red List species - have been recorded.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2023

“Where along that full life cycle both in time and space are these birds suffering the most?” says Andy Boyce, a research ecologist at the Smithsonian’s Migratory Bird Center who studies the Sprague’s pipit.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

The group labeled “insect eaters” combines many species because the numbers for individual species were too small to show separately as shown for the meadow pipit and willow grouse, which are both highly abundant.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

He’d given up listing, but in one of his nightly recaps he told the amusing story of his desperation and failure to find a pipit on his first trip to South Georgia.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016

Nor do the long-drawn notes of the nightingale, nor even the jolly cuckoo, nor the tree pipit, no, nor even the soft coo of the turtle-dove and the smell of the May flower.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard