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Berthelot's Pipit with avian pox virus

Berthelot's Pipit with avian pox virus - Adult

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Las Maretas de El Río (Arico), Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» October, 2011

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Anthus berthelotii - Berthelot’s Pipit

Bird Species (French)

»Pipit de Berthelot

Bird Family

»Motacillidae - Wagtails, Pipits, Longclaws

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» This is subspecies A. b. berthelotii. The bird shows clear signs of infection by avian pox virus, a common phenomenon in the Canary Islands and a threat to different breeding birds of the archipelago.

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