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Common name:

Water Pipit

Ladakhi name:

Tsildir

Scientific name:

Anthus spinoletta 

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

motacillidae

fun facts:

The Water Pipit is a passage migrant, it can be spotted in marshy grassy plains and damp meadows, up to 3500 m.

The sexes look the same.

Bird Club Contributor:

Tsewang Dorjey Daya, Nubra