Editing Paddyfield pipit (section)

==Description==

This is a large [[pipit]] at 15&nbsp;cm, but is otherwise an undistinguished looking bird, mainly streaked grey-brown above and pale below with breast streaking. It is long legged with a long tail and a long dark bill. Sexes are similar. Summer and winter plumages are similar. Young birds are more richly coloured below than adults and have the pale edges to the feathers of the upper parts more conspicuous with more prominent spotting on the breast. The population ''waitei'' from north-western India and [[Pakistan]] is pale while the population ''malayensis'' from the [[Western Ghats]] is larger, darker and more heavily streaked with the nominate ''rufulus'' intermediate.{{cn|date=November 2020}}

In winter some care must be taken to distinguish this from other pipits that winter in the area, such as [[Richard's pipit]], ''Anthus richardi'' and [[Blyth's pipit]], ''Anthus godlewskii''. The paddyfield pipit is smaller and dumpier, has a shorter looking tail and has weaker fluttering flight. The usually uttered characteristic ''chip-chip-chip'' call is quite different from usual calls of Richard's pipit (an explosive ''{{not a typo|shreep}}'') and Blyth's pipit (a nasal ''{{not a typo|pschreen}}''). The [[tawny pipit]] has less streaking on the mantle and has a black loreal stripe and a longer tail. The Western Ghats population can appear very similar to the [[Nilgiri pipit]].<ref name=pcr>{{cite book|author1=Rasmussen PC  |author2=JC Anderton  |name-list-style=amp | year=2005| title= Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Volume 2|page=318| publisher=Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions}}</ref><ref name=fbi3>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/BakerFbiBirds3/BakerFBI3#page/n315/mode/1up|pages=290–291|author=Baker, ECS|year=1926|publisher=Taylor and Francis, London|title=Fauna of British India. Birds. Volume 3|edition=2nd}}</ref>