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Tawny pipit – Anthus campestris

Tawny pipit – Anthus campestris
The tawny pipit – Anthus campestris is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia, and northwest Africa. It is a migrant moving in winter to tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
This is a large pipit, 16 centimetres long with wing-span 25–28 centimetres, but is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly sandy brown above and pale below. It is very similar to Richard’s pipit, but is slightly smaller, has shorter wings, tail and legs and a narrower dark bill. It is also less streaked. Its flight is strong and direct, and it gives a characteristic “schip” call, higher pitched than Richard’s.
It breeds in a few places in southern Sweden where Ravlunda skjutfält is the most known.

It sounds like this
Recording by Jarek Matusiak from Xeno canto