tree pipit (Anthus trivialis)
tree pipit ( Anthus trivialis) Barabanki outskirts Uttar Pradesh February 20 Nikon Gears This is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and the Palearctic as far East as the East Siberian Mountains . It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa and southern Asia. The scientific name is from Latin . Anthus is the name for a small bird of grasslands, and the specific trivialis means "common", from trivium , "public street" This is a small pipit , which resembles meadow pipit . It is an undistinguished-looking species, streaked brown above and with black markings on a white belly and buff breast below. It can be distinguished from the slightly smaller meadow pipit by its heavier bill and greater contrast between its buff breast and white belly. Tree pipits more readily perch in trees.