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title: "Blyth's Pipit"
description: "Anthus godlewskii — Uccelli. Blyth's pipit (Anthus godlewskii) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in Mongolia and neighbouring areas of China, Tibet and India ."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blyth-s-pipit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Blyth's Pipit

> Anthus godlewskii — Uccelli. Blyth's pipit (Anthus godlewskii) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in Mongolia and neighbouring areas of China, Tibet and India .

- Scientific name: *Anthus godlewskii*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 744
- Wikidata: [Q973164](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973164)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13737](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13737)

## Names

- en: Blyth's Pipit
- de: Steppenpieper
- es: Bisbita de Blyth
- fr: Pipit de Godlewski
- pt: Petinha-de-blyth
- pl: Świergotek stepowy

## Countries with the most observations

IN (321), RU (67), MN (26), CN (17), FR (11), BD (8), LK (8), DE (7), KR (7), GB (4), NL (3)

## Summary

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 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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blyth%27s_pipit

## Photo

![Blyth's Pipit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blyth-s-pipit/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223305498

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blyth-s-pipit?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).