rock pipit

English

A rock pipit

Noun

rock pipit (plural rock pipits)

2. A stocky bird, of species Anthus petrosus, somewhat smaller than a starling, that breeds on rocky beaches and winters on coastal salt marshes.
   • 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 46:

     There are rock pipits here too, nervy little creatures streaked brown with a touch of olive green on the chest.

Synonyms

• (Anthus petrosus): shore teetan

Translations

Anthus petrosus

• Bulgarian: скална бъбрица f (skalna bǎbrica)
• Czech: linduška skalní f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: oeverpieper (nl) m
• Faroese: grátítlingur m
• Finnish: luotokirvinen (fi)
• French: pipit maritime (fr) m
• German: Felsenpfeifer
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: alouette dé banque f, alouette dé grève f, alouette dé rotchi f
• Polish: świergotek nadmorski m
• Portuguese: petinha-marítima f
• Russian: берегово́й конёк m (beregovój konjók)
• Scottish Gaelic: gabhagan m, bigein m
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: skärpiplärka (sv) c
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

References

• rock pipit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anthus petrosus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anthus petrosus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons