Pipits
Anthus
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.
They are slender, often drab, ground-feeding insectivores of open country. Like their relatives in the family, the pipits are monogamous and territorial. Pipits are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs.
46 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 46 known species
Meadow Pipit
speciesAnthus pratensis
Tree Pipit
speciesAnthus trivialis
American Pipit
speciesAnthus rubescens
Water Pipit
speciesAnthus spinoletta
Olive-backed Pipit
speciesAnthus hodgsoni
Paddyfield Pipit
speciesAnthus rufulus
Rock Pipit
speciesAnthus petrosus
Tawny Pipit
speciesAnthus campestris
Red-throated Pipit
speciesAnthus cervinus
Australian Pipit
speciesAnthus australis
African Pipit
speciesAnthus cinnamomeus
Berthelot's Pipit
speciesAnthus berthelotii
New Zealand Pipit
speciesAnthus novaeseelandiae
Richard's Pipit
speciesAnthus richardi
Siberian Pipit
speciesAnthus japonicus
Plain-backed Pipit
speciesAnthus leucophrys
Correndera Pipit
speciesAnthus correndera
Yellowish Pipit
speciesAnthus chii
Sprague's Pipit
speciesAnthus spragueii
Rosy Pipit
speciesAnthus roseatus
Blyth's Pipit
speciesAnthus godlewskii
Hellmayr's Pipit
speciesAnthus hellmayri
Long-billed Pipit
speciesAnthus similis
Nicholson's Pipit
speciesAnthus nicholsoni
Striped Pipit
speciesAnthus lineiventris
Buffy Pipit
speciesAnthus vaalensis
Pechora Pipit
speciesAnthus gustavi
Short-billed Pipit
speciesAnthus furcatus
Páramo Pipit
speciesAnthus bogotensis
Long-legged Pipit
speciesAnthus pallidiventris
South Georgia Pipit
speciesAnthus antarcticus
Nilgiri Pipit
speciesAnthus nilghiriensis
Peruvian Pipit
speciesAnthus peruvianus
Yellow-tufted Pipit
speciesAnthus crenatus
Upland Pipit
speciesAnthus sylvanus
Bush Pipit
speciesAnthus caffer
Woodland Pipit
speciesAnthus nyassae
Mountain Pipit
speciesAnthus hoeschi
Ochre-breasted Pipit
speciesAnthus nattereri
Puna Pipit
speciesAnthus brevirostris
Malindi Pipit
speciesAnthus melindae
Pampas Pipit
speciesAnthus chacoensis
Short-tailed Pipit
speciesAnthus brachyurus
Sokoke Pipit
speciesAnthus sokokensis
Alpine Pipit
speciesAnthus gutturalis
Madanga
speciesAnthus ruficollis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
New Genera of American Plants
Charles Plumier · 1703 · p.19
August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof — Historia naturalis ranarum nostratium (1758)
August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof · 1758 · p.91
Rare Asiatic Plants, Vol. 1
Nathaniel Wallich · 1830 · p.140
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.63
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.370
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 106)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.72
General History of the Waldensians
Léger, Jean · 1750 · p.107
Flora of Japan
Carl Peter Thunberg · 1784 · p.70
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 32)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.84
Cartheuser, Friedrich August: Io. Friderici Carthevser Med. Doct. Et Prof. Pvbl. Ord. Dissertatio Chymico-Physica De Genericis Qvibvsdam Plantarvm Principiis Hactenvs Plervmqve Neglectis
Cartheuser, Friedrich August · 1764 · p.3
Sanctae Paginae Encomium, in quo breviter loco suo de Praeadamitis
[Boxtelius, D.] · 1656 · p.14
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.172
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