Short-billed Pipit (Anthus furcatus)

Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lake Junin

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Piuray Lake, Cuzco

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lake Junin

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Piuray Lake, Cuzco


Identification & Behavior: ~14 cm (5. 5 in). The Short-billed Pipit has brownish upperparts streaked and mottled with dusky. It has a pale malar stripe that projects to the neck bordering a dusky-brown patch behind the eye. The breast and sides of the belly are pale tawny with black streaks. The belly is whitish. The tail is brownish with white outer tail feathers. The legs are pink. It forages on open short grass. It is very similar to the Correndera Pipit but is distinguished by a conspicuous pale malar stripe, less streaking on the sides of the belly and flanks, and mottled back/mantled. Also, see Paramo Pipit.

Status: The Short-billed Pipit is fairly common but local in open grassland at elevations between 3500-4100 m. It also occurs in Br and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Cachirla de Pico Corto.

Sub-species: Short-billed Pipit (Anthus furcatus brevirostris), Taczanowski, 1875.

Meaning of Name: Anthus: Gr. Myth. Anthos= small, brightly coloured bird mentioned by Aristotle. furcatus: L. furca= two-pronged fork, furcatus= forked.

See more of the Family Motacillidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.