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The meadow pipit was formally described by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Alauda pratensis. [4] The type locality is Sweden. [5] The meadow pipit is now the type species of the genus Anthus that was introduced in 1805 by German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein.
The pipits are a cosmopolitan genus, Anthus, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Along with the wagtails and longclaws, the pipits make up the family Motacillidae. The genus is widespread, occurring across most of the world, except the driest deserts, rainforest and the mainland of Antarctica.
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Tawny pipit - Anthus campestris - (French: pipit rousseline) breeding visitor and passage migrant; Meadow pipit - Anthus pratensis - (French: pipit farlouse) passage migrant and winter visitor; Tree pipit - Anthus trivialis - (French: pipit des arbres) passage migrant; Red-throated pipit - Anthus cervinus - (French: pipit à gorge rousse ...
The Siberian pipit (Anthus japonicus), also known as the Japanese pipit and formerly known as the buff-bellied pipit, is a species of songbird in the family Motacillidae. It was split from the American pipit in 2024 by both the IOC and Clements checklist .
The wagtails, longclaws, and pipits are a family, Motacillidae, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Around 70 species occur in five genera.The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominantly found in Europe, Africa, and Asia, with two species migrating and breeding in Alaska.
The American pipit (Anthus rubescens), formerly known as the Buff-bellied pipit, is a small songbird native to North America. It was first described by Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 Ornithologia Britannica. [2] It was formerly classified as a form of the water pipit. The former subspecies, Siberian pipit, is now considered a distinct species.
This is a medium-large pipit, 16–17.5 cm long, but is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly sandy grey above and whitish or pale buff below.It is very similar to the tawny pipit, but is slightly larger, has a longer tail and a longer dark bill.