Tawny Pipit

The tawny pipit is a large pipit, 16 centimetres long with a wingspan of 25–28 centimetres, but is an undistinguished-looking species on the ground, mainly sandy-brown above and pale below. It is very similar to Richard's pipit but slightly smaller, with shorter wings, tail and legs and a narrower dark bill. Its flight is strong and direct, and it gives a characteristic schip call, higher pitched than Richard's. The song is a short repetition of a loud, two-syllable chir-ree chir-ree. (Wikipedia, general species account)

The species breeds in much of the central Palearctic, from northwest Africa and Portugal to Central Siberia and on to Inner Mongolia, and is a migrant, moving in winter to tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The breeding habitat is dry open country including semi-deserts. The nest is on the ground, with three to six eggs incubated mainly by the female until they hatch after about 12 days, and both parents feed the nestlings. (Wikipedia, general species account)