Yellowish Pipit

13 cm. The most common pipit in the area. Above brown streaked blackish and buff. Tail blackish with white outer tail feathers. Below yellowish white with blacks streaks across breast. Belly buff whitish. Song delivered in flight, described as starting with a series of "tsit" notes, when ascending in flight during song, ending with a slurred "eeeeeu" during gliding down to the ground. However, in Southeast Brazil the introductory "tsit" notes are not audible vocalization 1 . This is also the case with songs from Bolivia see Sjoerd Mayer, Birds of Bolivia 2.O . I have added for comparison the song of the subspecies peruvianus vocalization 2 which is a longer, more complex song that includes a row of "tsit" notes at the beginning of the song. The slurred end note of /Anthus lutescens peruvianus has a sound quality quite different from that given by /Anthus lutescens lutescens . A "tsitsirrit" call is delivered on the ground ^133 vocalization 3 . Forages on the ground in grassy areas. Often in small groups. Breeds in Southeast Brazil ^119 . This pipit was commonly singing in March west of Cabo Frio, Estado Rio de Janeiro, suggesting that it breeds throughout the year ^53 . No further information on breeding dates in Southeast Brazil. Quite common in a variety of open short grass habitats, airports, barren and grassy beach areas, especially close to water such as grassy borders of lagoons. Throughout. Up to 1300 meters 4589 Slurred "eeeeeeu" during descent. Estancia Aipiranga, Santa Vitoria Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul, April 1, 1978, LNS20130, recorded by W. Belton.: 7061 Song, Lomas de Lachai, north of Lima, Peru. August, 1, 2000. This song of the ssp. peruvianus is significantly different from the song of the nominate race found in Brazil. Clearly, the slurred end note has a different sound character.: 1811 Calls, Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia, lawn, April 3rd, 1994, recorded by Sjoerd Mayer.: 2089 >: