Skip to main content
                                                                               
 

Bird Graphic 

 

 

American Pipit  -
(Anthus rubescens)
 

 

Identification

  • Sparrow Sized
  • Dominant brown color
  • Light colored eye stripe
  • Thin Bill
  • White underside with brown streaks
  • Noticeable outer white tail feathers
  • 7" (16 cm.)

Habitat

  • Open fields, marsh edge

Additional Information

  • Summers in northern Canada
  • Wisconsin migrant
  • Tail bobs as walking
  • Formerly called Water Pipit (A. spinoletta)

American Pipit on sandy soil

An American Pipit among sticks 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

Facebook logo