Breeding adult © Prashant Tewari eBird S44956440 Macaulay Library ML 108421381
Nonbreeding adult © Matthew Kwan
Breeding adult © Craig Brelsford
Nonbreeding adult © Natthaphat Chotjuckdikul
Adult © Christoph Moning
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Adult © Gaurang Bagda

Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus

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Identification

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An elegant, well-marked pipit that breeds in montane regions,but descends down into meadows and agricultural fields in the winter. Breeding adult is unmistakable with a soft pink throat and breast. Nonbreeding adults and immature birds lack the pink breast, but have a thick creamy white brow and mustache stripe, as well as thick blotchy streaking on the breast. Buff-bellied and Red-throated Pipits are also strongly marked on the breast, but both have much weaker brow patterns than Rosy Pipit. Gives a squeaky “tseep!”. Sings repetitive high-pitched song from the ground and while in the air.

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