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title: "Petinha-marítima"
description: "Anthus petrosus — Aves. The European rock pipit (Anthus petrosus), or simply rock pipit, is a species of small passerine bird that breeds in western Europe on rocky coasts."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/rock-pipit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Petinha-marítima

> Anthus petrosus — Aves. The European rock pipit (Anthus petrosus), or simply rock pipit, is a species of small passerine bird that breeds in western Europe on rocky coasts.

- Scientific name: *Anthus petrosus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 7140
- Wikidata: [Q642685](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q642685)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13734](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13734)

## Names

- en: Rock Pipit
- de: Strandpieper
- es: Bisbita Ribereño Costero
- fr: Pipit maritime
- pt: Petinha-marítima
- pl: Świergotek nadmorski

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3433), FR (1058), IE (818), NO (251), DE (175), NL (158), DK (130), FO (54), FI (53), SE (51), IM (45), PT (29)

## Summary

The European rock pipit (Anthus petrosus), or simply rock pipit, is a species of small passerine bird that breeds in western Europe on rocky coasts. It has streaked greyish-brown upperparts and buff underparts, and is similar in appearance to other European pipits. There are two subspecies, of which the nominate is non-migratory, and the Fennoscandian one is migratory, wintering in shoreline habitats further west and south in Europe. The European rock pipit is territorial at least in the breeding season, and year-round where it is resident. Males will sometimes enter an adjacent territory to assist the resident in…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_rock_pipit

## Photo

![Petinha-marítima](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rock-pipit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148003462

## Machine access

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