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 LC    Upland Pipit* Id (Atlas):
    Anthus sylvanus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Upland Pipit, Indian Pipit, Oriental Pipit, Chinese Pipit

Family
Motacillidae (Pipits And Wagtails)

Size
16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland, rocky areas. From 1,200 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)
China (mainland), Hong Kong (China), India, Nepal, Pakistan.

Unknown to Afghanistan.

From north-western and northern Pakistan (possibly from eastern Afghanistan) eastern in Himalayas at least to eastern Nepal, and in southern and south-eastern China (western and southern Sichuan and from Yunnan east to Zhejiang and Fujian, also Hong Kong); possibly also northern and north-eastern Myanmar.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

 
Upland Pipit (Anthus sylvanus) [XC364002]
     by KALYAN SINGH SAJWAN from Munsyari, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India (song)

 
Upland Pipit (Anthus sylvanus) [XC413111]
     by Mike Nelson from Cheer Pheasant overlook, Pangot, Uttarakhand, India (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Slightly paler and less streaked birds from western part of range (Punjab region) described as subspecies oreinus, but variation considered part of a cline.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Upland Pipit (Anthus sylvanus) - 10 files


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