Every winter readers ask me about a bird that looks almost like a sparrow but acts different. They describe a 5-inch-long, streaked bird that's otherwise drab and somewhat larger than a sparrow. After ...

Plain-backed pipit, Anthus leucophrys (synonyms, Anthus gouldii and Anthus pyrrhonotha), Vieillot, 1818, also occasionally known as the plain pipit, photographed at Lake Chelekleka, a crater lake in ...

This African mystery bird species is probably not identifiable from this image, but I am interested to see how far you get anyway African pipit, Anthus cinnamomeus, Rüppell, 1840, also known as the ...

Enter Pipit's house at night and talk to his mother Mallara. The house is east of the bridge in town. If you go back to her house again later, you'll find that it has reverted back to its original ...