Sprague's Pipit

Taxobox
name = Sprague's Pipit
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Motacillidae
genus = "Anthus"
species = "A. spragueii"
binomial = "Anthus spragueii"
binomial_authority = (Audubon, 1844)

Sprague's Pipit "(Anthus spragueii)" is a small passerine bird.

Breeding Range

The breeding range of the Sprague's Pipits includes the Northern Great Plains of North America. More specifically, it nests from the Peace River District of Alberta (Semenchuk 1992), Turtleford, Prince Albert and Shoal Lake, Saskatchewan (Smith 1996), and central Manitoba (Manitoba Avian Research Committee 2003), south through North Dakota, to south-central Montana, western South Dakota and northwestern Minnesota (A.O.U. 1998). In 1991 and 1992, casual nesting was recorded in the Chilcotin-Cariboo Region of British Columbia (Campbell et al 1997).

Wintering Range

Sprague's Pipits winter in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. In the United states it occurs from southern California (casually), south-central and southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, central and eastern Texas, southern Kansas, southern Oklahoma, southern Missouri, Tennessee and northwestern Missisissppi south through Arkansas and Louisiana (A.O.U. 1998). In Mexico it is fairly common to common in the interior from northeastern Sonora and Nuevo Leon south to Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi and along the Atlantic Coast from Tamaulipas to central Veracruz. It is uncommon in the Central Volcanic belt, rare in west Tobasco and a vagrant to s Guerrero (Howell and Webb 1995).

Food/Diet

Sprague's Pipit's eat various insects, spiders, and sometimes seeds.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
* Campbell, R. Wayne, Neil K. Dawe, Ian McTaggart-Cowan, John M. Cooper, Gary W. Kaiser, Michael C. E. McNall, G. E. John Smith. 1997. Birds of British Columbia: Passerines: Flycatchers Through Vireos

Further reading

Book

* Robbins, M. B., and B. C. Dale. 1999. "Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spragueii)". In "The Birds of North America", No. 439 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Thesis

* Davis SK. Ph.D. (2003). "Habitat selection and demography of mixed-grass prairie songbirds in a fragmented landscape". The University of Regina (Canada), Canada.

* Klippenstine DR. M.Sc. (2005). "Can egg mimicry by Brown-headed Cowbirds explain the acceptance of brood parasitism by grassland passerines?". University of Manitoba (Canada), Canada.

* Sutter GC. Ph.D. (1996). "Habitat selection and prairie drought in relation to grassland bird community structure and the nesting ecology of Sprague's pipit, Anthus spragueii". The University of Regina (Canada), Canada.

Articles

* Dale BC, Martin PA & Taylor PS. (1997). "Effects of hay management on grassland songbirds in Saskatchewan". Wildlife Society Bulletin. vol 25, no 3. p. 616-626.

* Davis SK. (2003). "Nesting ecology of mixed-grass prairie songbirds in southern Saskatchewan". Wilson Bulletin. vol 115, no 2. p. 119-130.

* Davis SK. (2004). "Area sensitivity in grassland passerines: Effects of patch size, patch shape, and vegetation structure on bird abundance and occurrence in southern Saskatchewan". Auk. vol 121, no 4. p. 1130-1145.

* Davis SK. (2005). "Nest-site selection patterns and the influence of vegetation on nest survival of mixed-grass prairie passerines". Condor. vol 107, no 3. p. 605-616.

* Davis SK, Brigham RM, Shaffer TL & James PC. (2006). "Mixed-grass prairie passerines exhibit weak and variable responses to patch size". Auk. vol 123, no 3. p. 807-821.

* Davis SK, Duncan DC & Skeel M. (1999). "Distribution and habitat associations of three endemic grassland songbirds in southern Saskatchewan". Wilson Bulletin. vol 111, no 3. p. 389-396.

* Dieni JS & Jones SL. (2003). "Grassland songbird nest site selection patterns in northcentral Montana". Wilson Bulletin. vol 115, no 4. p. 388-396.

* Ferguson RS. (1981). "Summer Birds of the Northwest Angle Provincial Forest and Adjacent Southeastern Manitoba Canada". Syllogeus. vol 31, p. 1-23.

* Fink LC. (1971). "Sight Record of Spragues Pipit in Atlanta". Oriole. vol 36, no 1.

* Madden EM, Hansen AJ & Murphy RK. (1999). "Influence of prescribed fire history on habitat and abundance of passerine birds in northern mixed-grass prairie". Canadian Field-Naturalist. vol 113, no 4. p. 627-640.

* Madden EM, Murphy RK, Hansen AJ & Murray L. (2000). "Models for guiding management of prairie bird habitat in northwestern North Dakota". American Midland Naturalist. vol 144, no 2. p. 377-392.

* Maher WJ. (1979). "Nestling Diets of Prairie Passerine Birds at Matador Saskatchewan Canada". Ibis. vol 121, no 4. p. 437-452.

* McConnell SD, Van Den Driessche R, Hooper TD, Roberts GL & Roberts A. (1993). "First occurrence and breeding of Sprague's Pipit, Anthus spragueii, for British Columbia". Canadian Field Naturalist. vol 107, no 2. p. 222-223.

* McConnell SD, Vandendriessche R, Hooper TD, Roberts GL & Roberts A. (1993). "1ST OCCURRENCE AND BREEDING OF SPRAGUE PIPIT, ANTHUS-SPRAGUEII, FOR BRITISH-COLUMBIA". Canadian Field-Naturalist. vol 107, no 2. p. 222-223.

* McNair DB. (1998). "Sprague's pipit overwinters at Apalachicola, Franklin County, and an assessment of its winter status in Florida and nearby states". Florida Field Naturalist. vol 26, no 1. p. 21-23.

* Pylypec B. (1991). "IMPACTS OF FIRE ON BIRD POPULATIONS IN A FESCUE PRAIRIE". Canadian Field-Naturalist. vol 105, no 3. p. 346-349.

* Robbins MB. (1998). "Display behavior of male Sprague's Pipits". Wilson Bulletin. vol 110, no 3. p. 435-438.

* Robbins MB & Dale BC. (1999). "Sprague's pipit: Anthus spragueii". Birds of North America. vol 439, p. 1-16.

* Sutter GC. (1997). "Nest-site selection and nest-entrance orientation in Sprague's Pipit". Wilson Bulletin. vol 109, no 3. p. 462-469.

* Sutter GC & Brigham RM. (1998). "Avifaunal and habitat changes resulting from conversion of native prairie to crested wheat grass: patterns at songbird community and species levels". Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie. vol 76, no 5. p. 869-875.

* Sutter GC, Sawatzky DJ, Cooper DM & Brigham RM. (1996). "Renesting intervals in Sprague's Pipit, Anthus spragueii". Canadian Field-Naturalist. vol 110, no 4. p. 694-697.

* Wilson SD & Belcher JW. (1989). "Plant and Bird Communities of Native Prairie and Introduced Eurasian Vegetation in Manitoba Canada". Conservation Biology. vol 3, no 1. p. 39-44.

External links

* [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Spragues_Pipit.html Sprague's Pipit Species Account] - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
* [http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i7000id.html Sprague's Pipit "Anthus spragueii"] - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
* [http://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/spragues_pipit_info.htm Sprague's Pipit Information] - South Dakota Birds and Birding
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=sprague%27s+pipit&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Sprague's Pipit photo gallery] VIREO