Bird of small size (about 15 cm or 6 in) and inconspicuous due to its earthy and discreet colouring. Brown upperparts with light greenish tones and dark streaks. Very striped dirty white underparts. Orange or cream flanks. Rounded wings and long tail with white outer feathers. Black moustachial stripe and white throat. Thin bill and legs, with long straight posterior nail. Very terrestrial habits (it is usually observed on the ground).
Wetlands
Species of open areas. Present in pastures, humid meadows, fields, sowings and irrigations.
Wintering species in Malaga and also present during its migration. In the peninsula the Meadow Pipit breeds in the Bay of Biscay. It makes two annual layings of 4 to 6 eggs from April. Nest on the ground. Insectivore that complements its feeding with seeds in winter. This bird usually forages by pecking on the ground in groups.
Wintering species very frequent and common in the province, present during the winter in all kinds of wet meadows and low bearing grasslands, which includes gardens and golf courses, for example. It can be watched along the coastal zone, low Axarquía and inland regions such as Antequera, Guadalteba or northeastern. In the Great Path it is present in stages 2, 4, 9 to 12, 17, 18, 20, 23 and 26.
The most common of the pipits is a bird of meadows and lowlands that is characterized by walking quietly among the grass looking for insects. In Malaga it is known as "pasita" or "pancita". Pipits adopt their Latin name from Anthus, son of Autonous and Hippodamia, caretakers of horses, and that was turned into a bird tied to the places where the horses of their parents grazed.
- Altos de Hondonero
- Costa del Sol Occidental
- El Alcázar - La Maroma
- El Cerro de Santi Petri
- Genal and Guadiaro rivers junction
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Alternative Route 1. Alameda - Mollina - Humilladero - Fuente de Piedra
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 09. Periana - Riogordo
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 02. Rincón de la Victoria - Vélez-Málaga
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 04. Torrox - Nerja
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 08. Canillas de Aceituno - Periana
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 10. Riogordo - Alfarnate
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 11. Alfarnate - Villanueva del Rosario
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 12. Villanueva del Rosario - Archidona
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 17. Alameda - Fuente de Piedra
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 18. Fuente de Piedra - Campillos
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 19. Campillos - Embalses del Guadalhorce
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 20. Embalses del Guadalhorce - Estación de El Chorro (Álora)
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 23. El Burgo - Ronda
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 24. Ronda - Estación de Benaoján
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 26. Jimera de Líbar - Benalauría
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 30. Estepona - Marbella
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 32. Ojén - Mijas
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 33. Mijas - Benalmádena
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 35. Alhaurín de la Torre - Málaga
- Lagunas de Campillos
- Llanos de Líbar
- Quejigales - Puerto de Los Pilones
- Sierra del Padrastro
- Tajos del Fraile, Doña Ana y Gómer
- Valley of the Guadalhorce River
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