Short-billed Pipit

Short-billed PipitThe Short-billed Pipit searches short grass and dry grassland. It has a mottled brown back and dark breast streaks, and has been recorded in several parts of Argentina.What does it look like?It is about 14 cm long, with a mottled brown back, dark streaks, a pale underside, and white outer tail feathers. Strong dark streaks cross the breast.How does it live?The Short-billed Pipit searches short grass and dry grassland. It has a mottled brown back and dark breast streaks, and has been recorded in several parts of Argentina.Adults eat insects and hide a shallow grass nest with its rim level with the ground. A study at one Patagonian site recorded display flights and a nest with young in November.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.