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| Pipit | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Domain | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Branch | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Sub-phylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Class Information | |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Aves |
| Sub-class | Neornithes |
| Infra-class | Neoaves |
| Order Information | |
| Superorder | Passerimorphae |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Sub-order | Passeri |
| Family Information | |
| Superfamily | Passeroidea |
| Family | Motacillidae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genus | Anthus |
| Population statistics | |
Pipits are more than forty species of small passerine birds of the genus Anthus, family Motacillidae, and found in grassy areas world-wide.
Species
Following a study by Davies and Peacock (2014)[1], two recently described species were reclassified by the International Ornithological Congress (classification version 4.3, 2014[2]). According to the Davies and Peacock study, plumage characteristics of the long-tailed pipit (Anthus longicaudatus) and Kimberley's pipit (Anthus pseudosimilis) were indistinguishable from the buffy pipit (Anthus vaalensis) and the African pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus), respectively, with the specimens possibly collected from migrating populations.
The precise definition of pipits often baffles both bird watchers and researchers, as many species are very similar to each other and have very weak morphological differences[3], with hybridization sometimes discovered[4]. The classification of the genus, as well as of the family Motacillidae as a whole (which also includes longclaws and wagtails), is currently under revision. Currently, the genus Anthus consists of 46 known living species:
- African pipit, Anthus cinnamomeus
- African rock pipit, Anthus crenatus
- Alpine pipit, Anthus gutturalis
- Australian pipit, Anthus australis
- Berthelot's pipit, Anthus berthelotii
- Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii
- Buff-bellied pipit, Anthus rubescens
- Buffy pipit, Anthus vaalensis
- Bushveld pipit, Anthus caffer
- Correndera pipit, Anthus correndera
- European rock pipit, Anthus petrosus
- Hellmayr's pipit, Anthus hellmayri
- Long-billed pipit, Anthus similis
- Long-legged pipit, Anthus pallidiventris
- Malindi pipit, Anthus melindae
- Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis
- Mountain pipit, Anthus hoeschi
- New Zealand pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae
- Nicholson's pipit, Anthus nicholsoni
- Nilgiri pipit, Anthus nilghiriensis
- Ochre-breasted pipit, Anthus nattereri
- Olive-backed pipit, Anthus hodgsoni
- Paddyfield pipit, Anthus rufulus
- Pampas pipit, Anthus chacoensis
- Paramo pipit, Anthus bogotensis
- Pechora pipit, Anthus gustavi
- Peruvian pipit, Anthus peruvianus
- Plain-backed pipit, Anthus leucophrys
- Puna pipit, Anthus brevirostris
- Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus
- Richard's pipit, Anthus richardi
- Rosy pipit, Anthus roseatus
- Rufous-throated white-eye pipit, Anthus ruficollis
- Short-billed pipit, Anthus furcatus
- Short-tailed pipit, Anthus brachyurus
- South Georgia pipit, Anthus antarcticus
- Striped pipit, Anthus lineiventris
- Sokoke pipit, Anthus sokokensis
- Sprague's pipit, Anthus spragueii
- Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris
- Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis
- Upland pipit, Anthus sylvanus
- Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta
- Wood pipit, Anthus nyassae
- Yellow-breasted pipit, Anthus chloris
- Yellowish pipit, Anthus lutescens