loading...

Sprague's Pipit

Anthus spragueii

Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii) is a small songbird (passerine) in the family Motacillidae that breeds in the short- and mixed-grass prairies of North America. Migratory, it spends the winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. ] Sprague's pipits are unusual among songbirds in that they sing high in the sky, somewhat like a goldfinch or skylark. It is more often identified by its distinctive descending song heard from above than by being seen on the ground. Males and females are cryptically coloured and similar in appearance; they are a buffy brown with darker streaking, slender bills and pinkish to yellow legs. Sprague's pipit summer habitat is primarily native grasslands in the north central prairies of the United States and Canada (distinguishing them from the American subspecies of the buff-bellied pipit, which breed in the northern Rocky Mountains and the Arctic).
Birda logo
Download Birda for free and join the community of curious everyday people connecting with the natural world
Birda logo
Download Birda for free and join the community

Sprague's Pipits on Birda

Photos

Sightings

A map showing the sighting location
🐧
Daniel Arndt
Tuesday 20 Jun 2023 - 5:07pm
Canada
A map showing the sighting location
🐧
Daniel Arndt
Sunday 11 Jun 2023 - 11:08am
Canada
A map showing the sighting location
🐧
Daniel Arndt
Friday 12 May 2023 - 10:50am
Canada
A map showing the sighting location
Profile picture for Gary Oldham
Gary Oldham
Thursday 09 Mar 2023 - 8:48am
United States
Connect with nature,
Find your flock
Download Birda - QR Code
ÂĐ 2023 All rights reserved