Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Eurasian rock pipit/archive1
The Eurasian rock pipit (Anthus petrosus) is a small species of songbird that breeds in western Europe on rocky coasts. It has streaked greyish-brown upperparts and buff underparts, and is similar in appearance to other European pipits. There are three subspecies, of which only the Fennoscandian form is migratory, wintering in shoreline habitats further south in Europe. The rock pipit is territorial at least in the breeding season, and year-round where it is resident. Males will sometimes enter an adjacent territory to assist the resident in repelling an intruder, behaviour only otherwise known from the African fiddler crab. Rock pipits construct a cup nest under coastal vegetation or in cliff crevices and lay four to six speckled pale grey eggs which hatch in about two weeks. Although insects are occasionally caught in flight, the pipits feed mainly on small invertebrates picked off the rocks or from shallow water. The bird's population is large and stable. (Full article...)
Jim ... reproducing my spiel here for anyone watching: thoughts and edits are welcome. There's no rush; this hasn't been scheduled at TFA yet. This batch finishes up blurbs for FACs promoted in 2016. - Dank (push to talk) 16:06, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks Dank, as a Brit, I'd be inclined to just call it "rock pipit" after the first mention, but happy as is if you think it better to keep the official name throughout Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:26, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
- That's a nice solution, done. - Dank (push to talk) 16:47, 20 January 2020 (UTC)