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The Eurasian rock pipit (''Anthus petrosus'') is a small species of passerine bird which breeds on rocky coasts of western Europe. ==Taxonomy and systematics== The rock pipit was first described by Pennant in 1766 in the first edition of ''British Zoology'', although he did not distinguish it. It was first distinguished by Walcott in the 1789 edition of British Birds, in which he called it the sea lark. Latham was the first to give the rock pipit a scientific name, in 1790, but had misidentified the species he was naming and the following year figured it to be the dusky lark. In the same year, Montagu, who Latham had consulted on the subject, discovered the rock pipit on the coast of South Wales, which was known to some fishermen in the region as the "Rock Lark". There are three subspecies of Eurasian rock pipit: *Western rock pipits * *''Anthus petrosus kleinschmidti'' - native to the Faeroe Islands, Shetland, Orkney, Fair Isle and St. Kilda * *''Anthus petrosus petrosus'' - found in Ireland, Great Britain, northwest France and the Channel Islands *Eastern rock pipits * *''Anthus petrosus littoralis'' - ranges from the Scandinavian Peninsula and northwestern Russia to southern Spain and northwestern Africa. Has also been found on Ireland on several occasions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eurasian rock pipit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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