Pipit - Irish Rare Birds Committee

Yellow-breasted PipitAnthus chloris [M.H.K. Lichtenstein 1842, Eastern Cape, South Africa].Drakensberg Mts (Mpumalanga & W KwaZulu-Natal) S to NE Eastern Cape & extreme SE Free State(South Africa) and E & S Lesotho.Treated by del Hoyo et al 2004 as Hemimacronyx chloris.Other name: Yellow-breasted Longclaw.Ryan, P. 2006. Naude's Nek - On a high in the Drakensberg. Africa - Birds & Birding 11(3): 28-31.Alpine PipitAnthus gutturalis [De Vis 1894, Mount Maneao, SE New Guinea].[A.g. gutturalis] SE New Guinea.[A.g. rhododendri] Highlands in EC New Guinea & Huon peninsula (E New Guinea).[A.g. wollastoni] WC New Guinea.Other name: New Guinea Pipit.Smith, J.M.B. 1976. Note on birds breeding above 3,215 metres on Mt Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea.Emu 76(4): 220-221.Sprague’s PipitAnthus spragueii [Audubon 1844, near Fort Union, North Dakota, USA].C & SE Alberta, C & S Saskatchewan & SW Manitoba (S Canada), N & C Montana, North Dakota, NSouth Dakota & NW Minnesota (N USA). Winters S USA S to C Mexico.Other name: Sprague’s Lark.Isaac S. Sprague (1811-1895), American self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painterwho was America's best known botanical illustrator of his day. He accompanied Audubon as hisassistant on the Missouri trip of 1843.Crawford, N.G. et al 2009. Polymorphic microsatellite loci from Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii), agrassland endemic passerine bird. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(1): 315-317.Davis, S.K. & Fisher, R.J. 2009. Post-fledging Movements of Sprague's Pipit. The Wilson Journal ofOrnithology 121(1): 198-202.Davis, S.K. et al 1999. Distribution and Habitat Associations of Three Endemic Grassland Songbirdsin Southern Saskatchewan. The Wilson Bulletin 111(3): 389-396.Dechant, J.A. et al 2001. Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds: Sprague’s Pipit.USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Paper 135.Dohms, K.M. & Davis, S.K. 2009. Polygyny and Male Parental Care by Sprague's Pipit. The WilsonJournal of Ornithology 121(4): 826-830.Harris, R.D. 1933. Observations on a nest of Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii). Canadian FieldNaturalist 47: 91-95.Jones, S.L. & White, G.C. 2012. The effect of habitat edges on nest survival of Sprague's Pipits. TheWilson Journal of Ornithology 124(2): 310-315.King, B. et al 1981. The field identification of North American pipits. American Birds 35: 778-788(779).Lehman, P. 1997. Identification Pitfalls: Juvenile Horned Lark. Birding XXIX(4): 333-334.McConnell, S.D. et al 1993. First occurrence and breeding of Sprague's pipit, Anthus spragueii, forBritish Columbia. Canadian Field Naturalist 107(2): 222-223.Prescott, D.R.C. 1997. Status of the Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii) in Alberta. AlbertaEnvironmental Protection, Wildlife Management Division, Edmonton.Robbins, M.B. 1998. Display Behavior of Male Sprague's Pipits. The Wilson Bulletin 110(3): 435-438.Spomer, R. 1981. Long-billed Curlews and Sprague's Pipits near Pierre. South Dakota Bird Notes 33:78.Sutter, G.C. 1996. Habitat selection and prairie drought in relation to grassland bird communitystructure and the nesting ecology of Sprague's pipit, Anthus spragueii. Ph.D. Thesis, University ofRegina, Saskatchewan.Sutter, G.C. 1997. Nest-Site Selection and Nest-Entrance Orientation in Sprague's Pipit. The WilsonBulletin 109(3): 462-469.Sutter, G.C. et al 1996. Renesting intervals in Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii. Canadian FieldNaturalist 110(4): 694-697.29