Short-tailed pipit

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Short-tailed pipit
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Anthus
Species:
A. brachyurus
Binomial name
Anthus brachyurus
Sundevall, 1851

The short-tailed pipit (Anthus brachyurus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Anthus brachyurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22718532A131985053. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718532A131985053.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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