Forest horse [1] , or forest shevar [1] ( lat. Anthus trivialis ) is a species of bird from the family of wagtail, smaller and slimmer than a sparrow . Body length up to 16 cm. Top brownish-gray, with blackish-brown streaks. The bottom is light ocher. On the chest and sides are dark streaks, extreme tail whites. The legs are flesh-pink; the claw of the back finger is short. Young with sharper black streaks of upper body. Calls tit-tit, psi-psiit.
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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Anthus trivialis ( Linnaeus , 1758 ) |
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 - Breeds Anthus t. trivialis
- Breeds A. t. haringtoni
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22718546 |
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| Forest horse (male song in the forest) |
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Europe, North and Central Asia. A forest horse nests in England, but on the Orkney and Hybrid Islands it happens occasionally and only in the fall, in Ireland it also flies. On the Scandinavian Peninsula up to 70 ° C. w. in Norway and up to 69 ° in Sweden; south to the Cantabrian mountains in Spain, to central Italy and to the middle parts of Greece, east to the north half of Asia Minor and northern Iran, then east to Gilgit, Kashmir and Garval. The eastern border is unclear.
