Listen to the tree pipit
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About the tree pipit
The tree pipit is a bird in the family Motacillidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 27 cm and weigh around 25 g.
What does the tree pipit sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call, nocturnal flight call, flight call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout most of Europe and the Palearctic as far east as the East Siberian Mountains. It is a long-distance migrant, migrating in winter to Africa and southern Asia. The scientific name is from Latin: anthus is the name of a small bird of grasslands, and the specific trivialis means "common".
The breeding habitat is open woodland and scrub. The nest is placed on the ground and usually 4–6 eggs are laid. This species is insectivorous like its relatives, but will also eat seeds.
Related birds in the genus Anthus
More from the family Motacillidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a tree pipit sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the tree pipit on this page, including its call, nocturnal flight call and flight call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the tree pipit endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the tree pipit as “least concern”.
What family does the tree pipit belong to?
The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) belongs to the family Motacillidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) (W1CDR0001425 BD8) – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Perpezat, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Flight call, nocturnal flight call · Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands by Joost van Bruggen – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Nocturnal flight call · Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany by Jens Loose – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Romont, Moutier, Berne, Switzerland by Pascal Christe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Jelka, Galanta, Trnavský kraj, Slovakia by Alexander Kürthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q143313 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Tree pipit – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by MPF – CC BY-SA 3.0