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The pipits have a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring across most of the world's land surface. They are the only genus in their family to occur widely in the Americas (two species of wagtails marginally occur in Alaska, as well). Three species of pipits occur in North America, and seven species occur in South America.
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. It is found in East Asia.
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.
The paddyfield pipit or Oriental pipit [2] (Anthus rufulus) is a small passerine bird in the pipit and wagtail family. It is a resident (non-migratory) breeder in open scrub, grassland and cultivation in southern Asia east to the Philippines. Although among the few breeding pipits in the Asian region, identification becomes difficult in winter ...
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.
The African pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus) is a fairly small passerine bird belonging to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae. It is also known as the grassveld pipit or grassland pipit . It was formerly lumped together with the Richard's , Australian , mountain and paddyfield pipits in a single species, Richard's pipit ( Anthus ...
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 short-billed pipit (Anthus furcatus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. The Puna pipit is sometimes considered a subspecies.