Water Pipit

Latin Name: 
Anthus spinoletta
Category: 
Pippits, Wagtails
Size: 
15cm
Description: 

Greyish dark-legged pipit. Prominent supercilia and pale lores. In breeding plumage grey head, browner back and plain pinkish-white underparts. In non-breeding plumage is lightly streaked below, greyer above. Less heavily streaked than Rosy and Red-breasted. Similar Buff-breasted is less streaked. Feeds in loose groups.

Habitat: 
Inhabits marshes, wet cultivation and the edges of freshwater.
Distribution: 
Scarce winter visitor to lowlands and foothills of Pakistan and north India south to Rajasthan.
Call: 
Call Description: 
A thin tsiip similar to Rosy.
IUCN: 
Least Concern
National Status: 
sparse winter visitor
At IITK: 
Vagrant or irregular visitor