Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus (Pallas, 1811)

		adult, spring autumn
2018-06-27 Yamal Yamal-Nenets autonomous region 2014-09-28 Irkutsk. o.Konny, Angara	© Alexander Yakovlev © Mihail Ivanov

Distribution

Occurs on migration in plain areas of Kazakhstan from Volga-Ural interfluves eastward to Semipalatinsk. Please see more detailed distribution in the chapter Subspecies.

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.