Motacillidae

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Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Motacillidae
Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anthus pratensis, the meadow pipit, is a widespread small brown pipit with open habitat range across Europe.

Anthus roseatus Blyth, 1847

Anthus roseatus Blyth, 1847

Anthus roseatus Blyth, 1847

Anthus roseatus, the Rosy pipit, is a Motacillidae bird species found across multiple regions of Asia.

Anthus rubescens (Tunstall, 1771)

Anthus rubescens (Tunstall, 1771)

Anthus rubescens (Tunstall, 1771)

Anthus rubescens, the American pipit, is a small streaked ground-dwelling bird with the described breeding life cycle.

Anthus petrosus (Montagu, 1798)

Anthus petrosus (Montagu, 1798)

Anthus petrosus (Montagu, 1798)

Anthus petrosus, the European rock pipit, is a small coastal passerine with two recognized subspecies found across Europe's coasts.

Anthus godlewskii (Taczanowski, 1876)

Anthus godlewskii (Taczanowski, 1876)

Anthus godlewskii (Taczanowski, 1876)

Anthus godlewskii is a species with two cited published references covering its identification topics.

Anthus berthelotii Bolle, 1862

Anthus berthelotii Bolle, 1862

Anthus berthelotii Bolle, 1862

Berthelot's pipit (Anthus berthelotii) is a small passerine resident bird native to Madeira and the Canary Islands.

Anthus antarcticus Cabanis, 1884

Anthus antarcticus Cabanis, 1884

Anthus antarcticus Cabanis, 1884

Anthus antarcticus Cabanis, 1884, the South Georgia pipit, is a small stocky pipit with distinct physical traits.

Anthus hellmayri Hartert, 1909

Anthus hellmayri Hartert, 1909

Anthus hellmayri Hartert, 1909

Hellmayr's pipit is a medium-sized streaked brown South American bird with three disjunct populations.

Anthus nilghiriensis Sharpe, 1885

Anthus nilghiriensis Sharpe, 1885

Anthus nilghiriensis Sharpe, 1885

Anthus nilghiriensis, the Nilgiri pipit, is a small streaked bird restricted to high elevation South Indian montane grasslands.

Anthus pallidiventris Sharpe, 1885

Anthus pallidiventris Sharpe, 1885

Anthus pallidiventris Sharpe, 1885

The long-legged pipit (Anthus pallidiventris) is a distinctive long-legged bird found in open grassy and developed areas.

Anthus vaalensis Shelley, 1900

Anthus vaalensis Shelley, 1900

Anthus vaalensis Shelley, 1900

Anthus vaalensis, the buffy pipit, is a 16–18 cm bird found across southern and eastern Africa in open semi-arid habitats.

Anthus furcatus Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

Anthus furcatus Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

Anthus furcatus Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

The short-billed pipit (Anthus furcatus) is a Motacillidae bird found in parts of South America.

Anthus cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840

Anthus cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840

Anthus cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840

Anthus cinnamomeus, the African pipit, is a slender streaked passerine found across eastern and southern Africa and southwest Arabia.

Anthus novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789)

Anthus novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789)

Anthus novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789)

Anthus novaeseelandiae is a small slender streaked open-habitat bird found in New Zealand with declining local populations.

Anthus similis (Jerdon, 1840)

Anthus similis (Jerdon, 1840)

Anthus similis (Jerdon, 1840)

Anthus similis, the long-billed pipit, is a medium-large undistinguished pipit that feeds on seeds and insects and nests on the ground.

Anthus nicholsoni Sharpe, 1884

Anthus nicholsoni Sharpe, 1884

Anthus nicholsoni Sharpe, 1884

Nicholson's pipit is a small non-migratory passerine bird found in southern Africa, now treated as a separate species.

Anthus australis Vieillot, 1818

Anthus australis Vieillot, 1818

Anthus australis Vieillot, 1818

Anthus australis is a slender open-habitat streaked brown bird that forages on the ground for invertebrates and seeds.

Anthus chii Vieillot, 1818

Anthus chii Vieillot, 1818

Anthus chii Vieillot, 1818

Anthus chii, the yellowish pipit, is a Motacillidae bird species found across much of Central and South America.

Macronyx capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Macronyx capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Macronyx capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Macronyx capensis, the Cape longclaw, is a small African passerine with distinct plumage and convergent similarity to New World meadowlarks.

Macronyx aurantiigula Reichenow, 1891

Macronyx aurantiigula Reichenow, 1891

Macronyx aurantiigula Reichenow, 1891

Pangani longclaw (Macronyx aurantiigula) is a small ground-dwelling grassland bird with a characteristic yellow-orange throat.

Macronyx ameliae Tarragon, 1845

Macronyx ameliae Tarragon, 1845

Macronyx ameliae Tarragon, 1845

The rosy-throated longclaw (Macronyx ameliae) is an African bird found in wet grasslands, with a threatened coastal population in KwaZulu-Natal.

Macronyx croceus (Vieillot, 1816)

Macronyx croceus (Vieillot, 1816)

Macronyx croceus (Vieillot, 1816)

Macronyx croceus is an African longclaw species identifiable by its yellow underparts and black upper chest bib.

Tmetothylacus tenellus (Cabanis, 1878)

Tmetothylacus tenellus (Cabanis, 1878)

Tmetothylacus tenellus (Cabanis, 1878)

Tmetothylacus tenellus, the golden pipit, is a distinctive eastern African dry grassland pipit with different plumage for males and females.

Dendronanthus indicus (Gmelin, 1789)

Dendronanthus indicus (Gmelin, 1789)

Dendronanthus indicus (Gmelin, 1789)

Dendronanthus indicus, the forest wagtail, is the only species in its wagtail genus, found across Asia with distinctive plumage and forest habits.

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