Plain-backed pipit, Anthus leucophrys (synonyms, Anthus gouldii and Anthus pyrrhonotha), Vieillot, 1818, also occasionally known as the plain pipit, photographed at Lake Chelekleka, a crater lake in ...

Every winter readers ask me about a bird that looks almost like a sparrow but acts different. They describe a 5-inch-long, streaked bird that's otherwise drab and somewhat larger than a sparrow. After ...

Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus (protonym, Motacilla cervina), Pallas, 1811, also known as the vinaceous-throated pipit, photographed at the Gefersa Reservoir, 18 km west of Addis Ababa (by road), ...

The alpine regions of Pikes Peak spring into life during summer. Grasses grow, tiny flowers bloom and the American pipit returns to nest on the tundra. In early May they arrive, showing up at ...

The South Georgia Pipit (Anthus antarcticus) is the world's most southerly songbird. Its numbers are climbing back up after rat predators were removed from its home on the island of South Georgia.

A new bird species of Slovak fauna - Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardii) - was observed in the Poiplie Bird Sanctuary. "When I heard and later saw this bird during bird migration monitoring, I ...

A "dramatic" shift in behaviour and appearance obscured the identity of two birds on remote tropical islands. The forest-dwelling birds are members of the pipit and wagtail families, but were not ...