Editing Pechora pipit

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{{Speciesbox
| image = Anthus gustavi 214075656.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Anthus gustavi'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22718553A131986546 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718553A131986546.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Anthus gustavi
| authority = [[Robert Swinhoe|R. Swinhoe]], 1863
}}

The '''Pechora pipit''' ('''''Anthus gustavi''''') is a small [[passerine]] [[bird]] which breeds in the East [[Palearctic]] [[tundra]] and densely vegetated areas near river banks ranges from the [[Pechora River]] to the [[Chukchi Peninsula]]. It also breeds in [[Kamchatka]] and the [[Commander Islands]]. It is a long-distance [[bird migration|migrant]], moving in winter to Indonesia. Rarely in September and October, the Pechora pipit may be observed in western Europe. The species was [[Species description|first described]] by [[Robert Swinhoe]] in 1863.

==Description==
''A. gustavi'' is a small [[pipit]], which somewhat resembles the non-breeding [[red-throated pipit]]. The species is heavily streaked brown above, with whitish mantle stripes, and with black markings on a white belly and buff breast below. It can be distinguished from red-throated by its heavier bill, whiter mantle stripes, and contrast between its buff breast and white belly.

This species creeps in long grass, and is reluctant to fly even when disturbed. Its call is a distinctive electrical ''zip''. Although the call is generally helpful when identifying pipits, this species calls far less than most. This, combined with its [[:wikt:skulk|skulking]] habits, makes this a difficult species to find and identify away from its breeding grounds in the Arctic.

Probably the best place in western Europe to see this rare species is [[Fair Isle]], [[Shetland Islands|Shetland]]. The lack of cover on this small island makes skulking passerines easier to find.

The breeding habitat is damp tundra, open forest or marshland. The nest is on the ground, with four or five eggs being laid. This species is [[insectivore|insectivorous]], like its relatives.

==Etymology==

The genus name ''Anthus'' is from [[Latin]] and is the name for a small bird of grasslands. The specific ''gustavi'' commemorates the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] naturalist [[Gustaaf Schlegel]].<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], 181 }}</ref>

The English name is derived from the [[Pechora River]] in northwest [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kuiper |first1=Koos |title=The Early Dutch Sinologists (1854-1900) |date=2017 |page=196 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004339637 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KwEtDwAAQBAJ&q=Pechora+River&pg=PA196 |access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref>

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[[Category:Anthus|Pechora pipit]]
[[Category:Birds of Russia]]
[[Category:Wintering birds of Southeast Asia]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1863|Pechora pipit]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Robert Swinhoe|Pechora pipit]]