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Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
species of Motacillidae

immat.
juv.
number longest lengths distribution of longest primary smallest individual biggest individual
primary 10 per wing 70.0 - 78.5mm n=17
P7 (88%) P8 (12%)
12614 10858
secondary 9 per wing 61.0 - 73.0mm n=14
S7 (100%)
12614 1559
retrix 12
63.5 - 72.5mm n=13
R4=R5 (31%) R5 (31%) R4 (15%) R4=R5=R6 (8%) R6 (8%) R2 (8%)
12614 12621
wing length1 hand-wing-index1,2 (HWI) primaries-index wing length/longest primary ratio hand-wing-index/primaries-index ratio
82 - 91mm n=26 22 - 32% n=25 22 - 26% n=9 no data available no data available
detailed information

The wing length is measured on the flattened and straightened wing ("maximum chord") from the carpal joint to the tip of the longest primary feather, the so-called "Kleinschmidt-method".

combined data from:
Avonet1: 82 - 91mm n=26

The hand-wing-index, introduced by Kipp 1959, is calculated as the ratio of the hand length (difference between the length of the longest primary and the first secondary) to the wing length.

combined data from:
Avonet1: 22 - 32% n=25,
The primaries-index is calculated as the ratio of the longest primary feather length to the first (outermost) secondary. It is the equivalent of the hand-wing index for feather measurements. The wing length/longest primary ratio is calculated as the ratio of the wing length to the length of the longest primary feather. The hand-wing-index/primaries-index ratio is calculated as the ratio of the hand-wing index to the primaries-index.
1 Tobias, J. A., et al. (2022). AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds.
2 Kipp, Friedrich A.: "Der Handflügel-Index als flugbiologisches Maß", erschienen in "Vogelwarte - Zeitschrift für Vogelkunde", 1959, Band 20, Heft 1



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Afghanistan · Albania · Algeria · Andorra · Angola · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh (vagrant) · Belarus · Belgium · Benin · Bhutan (vagrant) · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Botswana · Bulgaria · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde (vagrant) · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · China · Comoros (vagrant) · Congo, The Democratic Republic of the · Côte d'Ivoire · Croatia · Czechia · Denmark · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Estonia · Ethiopia · Faroe Islands · Finland · France · Gabon · Gambia · Georgia · Germany · Ghana · Gibraltar · Greece · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Hungary · Iceland (vagrant) · India · Iran, Islamic Republic of · Iraq · Ireland · Israel · Italy · Japan (vagrant) · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Kenya · Korea, Republic of (vagrant) · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Latvia · Lebanon · Liberia · Libya · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malawi · Maldives (vagrant) · Mali · Malta · Mauritania · Moldova, Republic of · Mongolia · Montenegro · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar (vagrant) · Namibia (vagrant) · Nepal · Netherlands · Niger · Nigeria · North Macedonia · Norway · Oman · Pakistan · Poland · Portugal · Qatar · Romania · Russian Federation · Rwanda · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Serbia · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Slovakia · Slovenia · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Spain · Sudan · Svalbard and Jan Mayen (vagrant) · Sweden · Switzerland · Syrian Arab Republic · Tajikistan · Tanzania, United Republic of · Togo · Tunisia · Türkiye · Turkmenistan · Uganda · Ukraine · United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · United States of America (vagrant) · Uzbekistan · Western Sahara · Yemen · Zambia · Zimbabwe ·
source: IUCN 2025. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1 <www.iucnredlist.org>
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conservation status

  • CITES
    not listed
  • Regulation (EG) Nr. 865/2006
    not listed
  • German Federal Nature Conservation Act §44
    protected