Breeding adult (Western) © Pavel Štěpánek eBird S64660013 Macaulay Library ML 288484741
Nonbreeding adult/immature (Western) © Rogério Rodrigues
Breeding adult (Caucasian) © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Nonbreeding adult/immature (Caucasian) © Ed Stubbs
Breeding adult (Blakiston's) © Purevsuren Tsolmonjav
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Nonbreeding adult/immature (Blakiston's) © Anonymous
Juvenile (Western) © Aitor Zabala
Nonbreeding adult/immature (Western) © Anonymous
Breeding adult (Western) © Daniel Jauvin

Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta

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Identification

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Breeding plumage grayish above with white eyebrow; breast pale pinkish, mostly unstreaked. Nonbreeding plumage grayish brown above, whitish below with dark streaks; averages smudgier and less well-marked than American Pipit. Sides of tail clean white; compare with dingy white of Rock Pipit in areas of overlap. Song is a long series of repeated high-pitched notes; essentially a slow trill. Call a high, lisping, slightly upslurred "ssiip.” Breeds in mountains on barren, often rocky ground; winters in varied wetland habitats, from lakeshores to salt marshes.

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