Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus (Pallas, 1811)

2023-04-14 Cholpon-Ata	© Irina Romanovskaia

Biology

Common in places passage migrant. Occurs on grassy shores of rivers and lakes and in flood plains (more rare in steppes), singly or in small groups. In spring arrives in end of April, most of birds migrate in May; last migrants observed in early June. In autumn appears in mid-September, last migrants recorded in of end of October.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. "Птицы Казахстана" том 3. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1970. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург, Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.