Anthus australis

1 Australian Pipit at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Identification history

	Anthus australis	15 Oct 2018	natureguy
	Anthus australis	14 Oct 2018	JonSteinbeck

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I saw four Australian Pipits in the area with the large rocks. Two of them were doing well in keeping the caterpillar population in check. The first one was on a garden stake. I was fortunate in getting some shots of it in flight because the sun came out at just the right time. The next one was on top of one of the large rocks. As I worked my way around to get the sun at my back it ran to the back of the rock. However, it must have realised that I was still out the front as the next thing I saw was its head appear in a the v-shaped crook of the rock looking at me, while it still had a caterpillar in its mouth. I tried hard not to laugh when only its head poked up meerkat-like to see what I was doing. There was then another one on another rock and a fourth on some open grass.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.063360 -35.293687
Altitude 650.0m
Maps National Arboretum Forests
Places Molonglo Valley, ACT

Sighting information

4 Abundance
12 Oct 2018 08:44 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Intermediate size Other Birds Birds

Species information

Anthus australis Scientific name
Australian Pipit Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1955m Recorded at altitude
230 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Anthus novaeseelandiae

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania