The signal value of vocalisations revealing auditory threat assessment in meadow pipit males (Anthus pratensis)

Bioacoustics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Thorsten S. Elfström
Keyword(s):  
Threat Assessment ◽  
Anthus Pratensis ◽  
Meadow Pipit ◽  
Signal Value

scholarly journals The importance of northern Spanish farmland for wintering migratory passerines: a quantitative assessment

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMÁS SANTOS ◽  
ROBERTO CARBONELL ◽  
AITOR GALARZA ◽  
JAVIER PÉREZ-TRIS ◽  
ÁLVARO RAMÍREZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Short Distance ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Migratory Birds ◽  
Passerine Bird ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Bird Populations ◽  
Anthus Pratensis ◽  
Meadow Pipit

SummaryMigratory birds are critically dependent on adequate wintering habitats for their long-term survival. Cantabrian farmland, a mixed agricultural landscape extending across the coastal lowlands of northern Spain, constitutes an important wintering area for many short-distance migrants coming from central-western and northern Europe. Unfortunately, the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union and national afforestation schemes have resulted in a massive replacement of farmland by pinePinusspp. and eucalyptEucalyptussp. plantations. This work assesses the importance of Cantabrian farmland as wintering grounds for short-distance European migrants and for wintering species that originate in nearby woodlands. We examined the seasonal changes in passerine bird populations in the Cantabrian region and used winter ringing recoveries obtained in the area to evaluate the contribution made by European migrants to winter populations. Bird communities were surveyed along 299 500-m long transects distributed between 67 farmland patches, 67 lowland forests and 14 upland forests. Winter assemblages were more diverse and species more abundant in farmland than in lowland or upland forests, whereas these differences were smaller in the spring. Bird numbers in farmland tripled in winter, numbers increasing by about 6.9 million birds compared to breeding populations. Most of this increase was accounted for by species that also bred in the region and that considerably increased their abundance (65.6% of all wintering birds, with the ChaffinchFringilla coelebsresponsible for 31.4% of the total increase) and by five exclusively wintering species (34.4%, with the Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisaccounting for 25.2% of the total increase). The main bulk of this increase is caused by the influx of European migrants. The importance of halting the current spread of eucalypt plantations (which increased over 400% over the past 30 years) and of applying more effective agri-environment schemes to achieve appropriate farmland conservation is discussed.

scholarly journals Hybridization and apparent hybridization between meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) and water pipit (A. spinoletta)

Hereditas ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 136 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
STANISLAV BURES ◽  
PETR NADVORNIK ◽  
GLENN-PETER SAETRE
Keyword(s):  
Anthus Pratensis ◽  
Meadow Pipit ◽  
Water Pipit

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Tyler ◽  
Chris Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Anthus Pratensis ◽  
Meadow Pipit

Distraction Displays in Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) Females in Central and Northern Europe

Ethology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 1007-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaclav Pavel ◽  
Stanislav Bures ◽  
Karel Weidinger ◽  
Petr Kovarik
Keyword(s):  
Northern Europe ◽  
Anthus Pratensis ◽  
Meadow Pipit

OBSERVATIONS OF THE BREEDING BEHAVIOUR OF THE MEADOW PIPIT ANTHUS PRATENSIS UNDER CONTINUAL DAYLIGHT

Ibis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-207
Author(s):  
Alison K. K. Hillman ◽  
Caroline M. A. Young
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Behaviour ◽  
Anthus Pratensis ◽  
Meadow Pipit

scholarly journals Hur påverkas fågelfaunan av upphörd betesdrift – data från en 26 år lång inventeringsstudie

Ornis Svecica ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (3–4) ◽  
pp. 143-150
Author(s):  
Thomas Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
General Pattern ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Farmland Birds ◽  
Survey Period ◽  
Breeding Bird ◽  
Point Count ◽  
Anthus Pratensis ◽  
Meadow Pipit ◽  
Bird Fauna ◽  
Point Count Method

The breeding bird fauna of a 1.6 km2 large grassland area in southwestern Sweden was monitored in 1987–2012, using the point count method. The area was grazed by approximately 500 cattle until 2006, and the grass height was then at most 10–15 cm except for higher tussocks. From 2007 onwards, when the grazing had ceased, the grass increased in height to 20–30 cm and became much thicker. The average number of bird species per year was 44.7 over the 26 year survey period. Numbers of some farmland birds such as Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, Skylark Alauda arvensis, Starling Sturnus vulgaris, and Linnet Carduelis cannabina decreased in the study area, following the general pattern in the whole of Sweden. Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis, Corn Crake Crex crex, Whinchat Saxicola rubetra and Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia increased in the area, but decreased in Sweden in general over the same period. The local changes in bird numbers in the study area seem mainly to be caused by an increased grass height and thickness as a consequence of ceased cattle grazing.

scholarly journals Reindeer carcasses provide foraging habitat for several bird species of the alpine tundra.

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 36-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudy Badia
Keyword(s):  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Food Resource ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Anthus Pratensis ◽  
Meadow Pipit ◽  
Passerine Species ◽  
Calcarius Lapponicus ◽  
Southern Norway ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Near Threatened

On August of 2016, 323 wild tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) were struck by lightning on southern Norway, killing virtually the entire herd.  During fieldwork for parallel studies in 2017, we opportunistically registered the occurrence and behavior of avian species on carcasses from this mass die-off. Several passerine species other than corvids were observed actively foraging on arthropods that are typically associated with carcass decomposition, such as blowfly (Calliphoridae sp.) adults and larvae. In decreasing order of abundance, five passerine species (excluding corvids) were observed taking arthropods at the site: the Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis, least concern), Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe, least concern), Common ReedBunting(Emberizaschoeniclus, near threatened), Bluethroat (Lusciniasvecica, near threatened), and Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus, vulnerable) (status according to IUCN). Previous studies on these passerines have documented a very sharp decline in their abundance in Norway. The insect abundance associated with ungulate carcasses may provide an important food resource for such species, and may impact their life history, fitness, and eventually population dynamics. This mechanism, however, has received almost no attention from the scientific community, and warrants further investigation.

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