Editing Blyth's pipit

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Blyth's pipit
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Anthus godlewskii'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22718505A94584095 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718505A94584095.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| image = Blyth's Pipit Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim 05.05.2016.jpg
| image_caption = From [[Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary]] in [[East Sikkim]], India
| taxon = Anthus godlewskii
| authority = ([[Wladyslaw Taczanowski|Taczanowski]], 1876)
}}

'''Blyth's pipit''' ('''''Anthus godlewskii''''') is a medium-sized [[passerine]] [[bird]] which breeds in [[Mongolia]] and neighbouring areas of China, Tibet and India . It is a long distance [[bird migration|migrant]] moving to open lowlands in Southern Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.

This is a large [[pipit]], but is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly brown above and pale below. It is very similar to [[Richard's pipit]], but is slightly smaller, shorter legs and a shorter dark bill. Its flight is strong and direct, and it gives a characteristic "pshee" call, higher pitched than Richard's.

In south Asia, in winter some care must be taken to distinguish this from other large pipits which winter or are resident in the area, including Richard's. This species is insectivorous.

This bird was named after the English zoologist [[Edward Blyth]]. The genus name ''Anthus'' is the [[Latin]] name for a small bird of grasslands. The specific ''godlewskii'' commemorates Polish nobleman and field naturalist [[Victor Godlewski]].<ref name =job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A. | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location = London, United Kingdom | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n49 49], 175 }}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Blyth_s_Pipit_Anthus_godlewskii.jpg|Blyth's pipit
File:Anthus godlewskii cropped.jpg|First winter plumage.
File:Blyth's-Pipit.jpg|At Manohara River, [[Kathmandu Valley]], [[Nepal]]
</gallery>

== References ==

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==Further reading==

===Identification===
* Heard, Chris (1995) Unravelling the mystery ''[[Birdwatch (magazine)|Birdwatch]]'' 41:20-24
* Page, Doug (1997) From the Rarities Committee's files: problems presented by a pale Blyth's Pipit ''[[British Birds (magazine)|British Birds]]'' 90(10):404-409

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[[Category:Anthus|Blyth's pipit]]
[[Category:Birds of Mongolia]]
[[Category:Wintering birds of South Asia]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1876|Blyth's pipit]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Władysław Taczanowski|Blyth's pipit]]