Berthelot’s pipit (Anthus Bertheloti)
Original title: Corre-Caminho (Anthus Bertheloti)
The corre-caminho (Berthelot's pipit, Anthus berthelotii) is a small resident bird of open ground found on all islands of the archipelago and restricted to Macaronesia. The entry describes its nesting and lists its local names.
A small bird of the family Anthidae that frequents open places on all the islands of the archipelago. It is not migratory, and its range is limited to the islands of the Macaronesian Sea (the Azores, Madeira, the Savage Islands and the Canary Islands). It nests on the ground from February to August, usually laying four grey eggs with irregular dark markings. In certain parts of Madeira it is also called carreiró, carreirote, melrinho de Nosso Senhor and melrinho de Nossa Senhora, and on Porto Santo it is known as bica.