Red-throated pipit
Anthus cervinus (Pallas, 1811)
The red-throated pipit (Anthus cervinus) is a bird in the family Motacillidae and the order Passeriformes, belonging to the songbirds and other perching birds. It is a small bird with a representative adult body mass of 20.9 g, and it is a migratory, terrestrial species of grassland habitat.
Quick facts about the red-throated pipit
Its diet category is invertivore, placing it at the carnivore trophic level. The IUCN Red List assesses it globally as Least Concern, which is not an IUCN threatened category, and its geographic range covers 3,788,000 km².
- Weight
- 20.3 g – 20.9 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 4.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 13 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.7 – 5.36src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Photos of the red-throated pipit
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Where does the red-throated pipit live?
Not recorded
What is the red-throated pipit?
The red-throated pipit (Anthus cervinus) is a small passerine bird, which breeds in the far north of Europe and the Palearctic, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is a long-distance migrant, wintering to Africa and South-East Asia and western Alaska in North America. It is vagrant to Western Europe.
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Is the red-throated pipit endangered?
The red-throated pipit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
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How is the red-throated pipit classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMotacillidae
- genusAnthus
- SpeciesAnthus cervinus (Pallas, 1811)
Synonyms Anthus cervinus cervinus, Anthus cervinus rufogularis, Anthus rufogularis, Motacilla cervina
Other names and names in other languages (85)
- Tree pipitEnglish
- Vinaceous-throated pipitEnglish
- RooikeelkoesterAfrikaans
- الجشنة حمراء الصدرArabic
- جشنة حمراء الحنجرةArabic
- جشنة خمرية الحنجرةArabic
- chis de papu roxuAsturian
- Чырвонаваллёвы свірстунBelarusian
- Чырвонаваллёвы свiрстунBelarusian
- Тундрова бъбрицаBulgarian
- Червеногуша бъбрицаBulgarian
- Sidan gouzoug ruzBreton
- piula gola-rojaCatalan
- Piula gorja-rojaCatalan
- Хӗрлӗ пӗсехеллӗ тихашкаChuvash
- linduška rudokrkáCzech
- corhedydd gyddfgochWelsh
- Corhedyddion GyddfgochWelsh
- rødstrubet piberDanish
- RotkehlpieperGerman
- ΚοκκινοκελάδαGreek
- ruĝgorĝa pipioEsperanto
- bisbita gorgirrojoSpanish
- Bisbita garganta rojaSpanish
- Bisbita gorjirrojoSpanish
- tundrakiurEstonian
- punakurk-kiurEstonian
- tundrakiur e. punakurk-kiurEstonian
- پیپت گلوسرخPersian
- lapinkirvinenFinnish
- ReyðtítlingurFaroese
- Pipit à gorge rousseFrench
- Riabhóg phíbruaIrish
- Pica de gorxa rubiaGalician
- Tweet scoarnagh-yiargManx
- פפיון אדום-גרוןHebrew
- פיפיון אדום גרוןHebrew
- פיפיון אדום-גרוןHebrew
- rusogrla trepteljkaCroatian
- Rusovrata trepteljkaCroatian
- rozsdástorkú pityerHungarian
- Կարմրախածի ձիաթռչնակArmenian
- Apung kijangIndonesian
- TorftittlingurIcelandic
- Pispola golarossaItalian
- ムネアカタヒバリJapanese
- ТафэбзуKabardian
- Қызылтөс жадырақKazakh
- 붉은가슴밭종다리Korean
- Roude PiipsertLuxembourgish
- rudagurklis kalviukasLithuanian
- sarkanrīkles čipsteLatvian
- Црвеногушеста треперкаMacedonian
- црвеногушеста трепетилкаMacedonian
- ചെങ്കണ്ഠൻ വരമ്പൻMalayalam
- Зосонгүеэ шийхнүүхэйMongolian
- Burung Ciak Leher MerahMalay
- लालकण्ठे चुइयाँNepali
- roodkeelpieperDutch
- lappiplerkeNorwegian Nynorsk
- świergotek rdzawogardłyPolish
- petinha-de-garganta-ruivaPortuguese
- Fâsă roţiaticăRomanian
- Краснозобый конёкRussian
- краснозобый конекRussian
- SieðgacivkkánNorthern Sami
- ruksescivkkánNorthern Sami
- sieđgabeštorNorthern Sami
- sieđgacivkkánNorthern Sami
- ľabtuška červenohrdláSlovak
- rdečegrla cipaSlovenian
- drenja gushëkuqeAlbanian
- Риђогрла трептељкаSerbian
- Riđogrla trepteljkaSerbian
- rödstrupig piplärkaSwedish
- นกเด้าดินอกแดงThai
- al gerdan İncir kuşuTurkish
- kizil gerdanli incirkusuTurkish
- kızıl gerdanlı incir kuşuTurkish
- Kızıl Gerdanlı İncirkuşuTurkish
- Щеврик червоногрудийUkrainian
- Manh họng đỏVietnamese
- 红喉鹨Chinese
- 赤喉鷚Chinese
- 赤喉鷚〔紅喉鷚〕Chinese
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Relatives of the red-throated pipit
Other species in the same genus Anthus.
Tree pipit
Anthus trivialis
Meadow pipit
Anthus pratensis
Tawny pipit
Anthus campestris
Water pipit
Anthus spinoletta
Richard's pipit
Anthus richardi
European rock pipit
Anthus petrosus
CompareRed-throated pipit vs Tree pipitRed-throated pipit vs Meadow pipitRed-throated pipit vs Tawny pipitRed-throated pipit vs Water pipit
Common questions
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What kind of animal is the red-throated pipit?
The red-throated pipit is a bird in the family Motacillidae, part of the songbirds and other perching birds.
How heavy is the red-throated pipit?
The red-throated pipit has a representative adult body mass of 20.9 g, which places it in the small size class.
What does the red-throated pipit eat?
The red-throated pipit is an invertivore, and its trophic level is carnivore.
Is the red-throated pipit endangered?
No. The red-throated pipit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, which is not an IUCN threatened category.
How long does the red-throated pipit live?
Sources give a lifespan of 4.5 years for the red-throated pipit.
How many eggs does the red-throated pipit lay?
The red-throated pipit lays 5.36 eggs per clutch as a representative value, and the eggs are incubated for 13 days.
Does the red-throated pipit migrate?
Yes, the red-throated pipit is migratory.
Who named the red-throated pipit?
The red-throated pipit was named Anthus cervinus by (Pallas, 1811).
Sources and how to cite this page
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