Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae (Wagtails, Pipits)  
Genus: Anthus (47 species)

Pipits, related to European Wagtails, are smal insect-eating ground birds found outside of the first in grassy or brushy areass.


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South Georgia Pipit (Anthus antarcticus)
Range: AO: South Georgia Island
 



Australian Pipit
Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)
Range: AU: Australia and e New Guinea
Mooloort Plains, Victoria, Australia  
 
Photograph by Patrick Kavanagh     Copyright and usage info


Berthelot's Pipit
Berthelot's Pipit (Anthus berthelotii)
Range: AF: Madeira, Canary Is.
Fuerteventura (Canary Islands), Spain  
 
Photograph by Crotach on Flickr   © All Rights Reserved.


Paramo Pipit
Paramo Pipit (Anthus bogotensis)
Range: SA: nw Venezuela to nw Argentina
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by George Cruz (San Jorge Eco-Lodges)   © All Rights Reserved.


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Short-tailed Pipit (Anthus brachyurus)
Range: AF: sc
 



Puna Pipit
Puna Pipit (Anthus brevirostris)
Range: SA: c Peru to w Bolivia and c Argentina
Laguna Conococha, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Short-billed Pipit, and only found in the puna ecosystem.

Bushveld Pipit
Bushveld Pipit (Anthus caffer)
Range: AF: e, s
Loodswaai Game Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Derek Keats     Copyright and usage info


Tawny Pipit
Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
Range: PAL, AF: w Europe to w Mongolia and s to nw Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan
Turkey  
 
Photograph by Dûrzan cîrano     Copyright and usage info


Red-throated Pipit
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Range: PAL, NA: n Europe to nw Alaska
 
   
Photograph by Andreas Trepte     Copyright and usage info


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Pampas Pipit (Anthus chacoensis)
Range: SA: Paraguay to ec Argentina
   



Yellowish Pipit
Yellowish Pipit (Anthus chii chii)
Range: SA: widespread, also w Panama
Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

The Pipit with the widest distribution in tropical America. Note yellowish legs.

Yellow-breasted Pipit
Yellow-breasted Pipit (Anthus chloris)
Range: AF: e South Africa
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


African Pipit
African Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus)
Range: AF: e, c, s
Western Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Correndera Pipit
Correndera Pipit (Anthus correndera)
Range: SA: wc, Southern Cone
Trilha da Figueira, Tavares, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Note heavy streaking on chest, flanks and back. Found from the puna to the lowlands.

African Rock Pipit
African Rock Pipit (Anthus crenatus) Near Threatened
Range: AF: South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Ekins   © All Rights Reserved.

Found on rock ourcroppings surrounded by grassland at over 1000m (Ekins).

Short-billed Pipit
Short-billed Pipit (Anthus furcatus)
Range: SA: se Brazil to Uruguay and Argentina
Lagoa do Peixe, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Note ochre breast. Compare to Puna Pipit.

Blyth's Pipit
Blyth's Pipit (Anthus godlewskii)
Range: PAL: s Russia, Mongolia and n China
Gun Galuut, Mongolia  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi)
Range: PAL: nc, ne
 



Alpine Pipit
Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis)
Range: AU: New Guinea
Lake Habbema, West Papua, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Hellmayr's Pipit
Hellmayr's Pipit (Anthus hellmayri brasilianus)
Range: SA: se, se Peru to s Chile
General Lavalle, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
  Note streaking, but not as heavy as Correndera Pipit.
   
Photograph by Gustavo Masuzzo   © All Rights Reserved.


Olive-backed Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
Range: PAL: w Russia to Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (e Russia), n Korean Pen. and n, c Japan; disjunctly in Himalayas to ec China
Pak Thale, Ban Laem, Phetchaburi, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Mountain Pipit
Mountain Pipit (Anthus hoeschi) Near Threatened
Range: AF: e South Africa and Lesotho
Lesotho  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Siberian Pipit (Anthus japonicus)
Range: PAL: nc, sc through e Siberia, probably to Chukotskiy Pen., Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Kuril Is.
 



Plain-backed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit (Anthus leucophrys)
Range: AF: widespread
Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info

Fairly large, and upright. Note yellow, not pink, base to lower mandible.

Striped Pipit
Striped Pipit (Anthus lineiventris)
Range: AF: Rwanda and s Kenya to e South Africa; w Angola
Johannesburg, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Malindi Pipit
Malindi Pipit (Anthus melindae melindae)
Range: AF: coastal Somalia and Kenya
Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


Ochre-breasted Pipit
Ochre-breasted Pipit (Anthus nattereri) Vulnerable
Range: SA: se Brazil; s Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay
Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Nicholson's Pipit
Nicholson's Pipit (Anthus nicholsoni)
Range: AF: s
Namibia  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


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Nilgiri Pipit (Anthus nilghiriensis) Vulnerable
Range: OR: sw India
 



New Zealand Pipit
New Zealand Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae aucklandicus)
Range: AU: New Zealand and outlying is.
Enderby Island, New Zealand  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Wood Pipit
Wood Pipit (Anthus nyassae schoutedeni)
Range: AF: sc
Kakanda, Democratic Republic of Congo  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Long-legged Pipit
Long-legged Pipit (Anthus pallidiventris pallidiventris)
Range: AF: wc
Ipassa Reserve, Gabon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Long-legged Pipit
Long-legged Pipit (Anthus pallidiventris pallidiventris)
Range: AF: wc
LopĂ© National Park, Gabon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Peruvian Pipit
Peruvian Pipit (Anthus peruvianus)
Range: SA: w Peru to n Chile
Lomas de Lachay, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Recently split from the Yellowish Pipit, and only found in dry habitat close to sea level along the Peruvian and north Chilean coastline.

European Rock Pipit
European Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus petrosus)
Range: PAL: w coasts
Ireland  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Range: PAL: Iceland through w, n Europe to w Russia
Somerset, England  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Range: PAL: Iceland through w, n Europe to w Russia
Germany  
 
Photograph by Andreas Trepte     Copyright and usage info


Richard's Pipit
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
Range: PAL: se Russia to Kyrgyzstan and c, se China
Thailand  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


Rosy Pipit
Rosy Pipit (Anthus roseatus)
Range: PAL: Uzbekistan and Afghanistan to e, s China
Dengsheng, Sichuan, China  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


American Pipit
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens rubescens)
Range: NA: Canada and Alaska to ne USA and Greenland. Also c, s Rocky Mts. (w North America)
Vancouver, Canada  
   
Photograph by Nigel from Vancouver     Copyright and usage info


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Madanga (Anthus ruficollis)
Range: AU: montane Buru (wc Moluccas)
 



Paddyfield Pipit
Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus rufulus)
Range: OR, AU: widespread, also Lesser Sundas and Sulawesi
 
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


Long-billed Pipit
Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis hararensis)
Range: AF, OR: widespread, also sc Asia
Kerio Valley, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Sokoke Pipit
Sokoke Pipit (Anthus sokokensis) Endangered
Range: AF: e Kenya and ne Tanzania
Sokoke Forest, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Water Pipit
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Range: PAL: c, w, s
Slovakia  
 
Photograph by Andrej Chudy     Copyright and usage info


Sprague's Pipit
Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii) Vulnerable
Range: NA: sc Canada and nc USA
Apalachicola Municipal Airport, Florida, USA
  A small terrestrial bird.
   
Photograph by Gary Leavens     Copyright and usage info


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Upland Pipit (Anthus sylvanus)
Range: OR: n Pakistan to se China
 



Tree Pipit
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis trivialis)
Range: PAL: widespread
Bulgaria  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


Buffy Pipit
Buffy Pipit (Anthus vaalensis)
Range: AF: s, sc, e
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.



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