Anthus pratensis · Icelandic: Þúfutittlingur

Iceland's most numerous songbird, famous for its parachuting song flight.

Habitat: Open moorland, grassland and tussocky ground | Season: Apr–Oct

Identification

• Small, streaky brown songbird
• Thin bill, pale outer tail feathers

Behaviour

Performs a parachuting display flight, singing as it drifts back down to the ground. Iceland's most numerous songbird.

Did you know?

Meadow Pipits are the main host species tricked into raising the chicks of any Cuckoos that occasionally stray to Iceland.

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