The Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis

Features

The tree pipit is a frequent summer species and nesting bird, which is widespread throughout Slovenia.

Species	Bird
Living space	Conifer forest, Deciduous forest, Field, Meadow
Size	14 - 16 cm
Weight	22 g

Description

Tree chips are olive gray on their backsides with dark longitudinal stripes, and light on their abdomens. Their chests and hips are ochre with black lines, which sharply pass into their white bellies. The black lines on their hips are usually noticeably gentler and thinner than the distinctive, pointed lines on their chests. They also have pink beaks with dark tips with the upper part being relatively strong. Their spur shaped claws on the backs of their gray-reddish legs are relatively long. The tree pipit designates its territory with a typical form of singing, during which they rise from the tops of the trees, and then descend with their rigidly expanded wings bringing their legs up towards the top of a second tree. In fact, because of this behavior, we can easily distinguish them from other, similar species of birds. The tree pipit is a migrant bird, which returns in spring from Africa where it spends the winter. They nest in May and June. The tree pipit is active during the day. They then sing and look for food, mainly insects, spiders, millipedes, earthworms and similar small invertebrates. They live on the edges of forests in open landscapes, where meadows and cultivated soils are intertwined with scrubs and forests. In autumn, the tree pipits begin to gather in flocks and fly together to countries on the black continent.