A pipit whose adult breeding plumage has a rusty-red throat and breast. It breeds on northern tundra and moves south seasonally.
Adults in breeding plumage have rusty red across the throat and breast, with streaks on the back and belly.
It walks on the ground to eat insects and spiders. It breeds in northern Eurasia and western Alaska, then winters in Southeast Asia or sub-Saharan Africa.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.