Pipit

Pipits

Richard's Pipit

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family†:	Motacillidae

Genera
Anthus Tmetothylacus

† see also: wagtail, longclaw

Pipits are small passerine birds with medium to long tails. All but one of the 40 species belong to the genus Anthus. Along with the wagtails and longclaws, the pipits make up the family Motacillidae.

They are slender, often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country. Pipits are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs.

Genus Tmetothylacus

Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tennelus

Genus Anthus

Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
Grassveld Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Plain Pipit Anthus leucophrys
Sandy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
Long-clawed Pipit Anthus pallidiventris
Malindi Pipit Anthus malindae
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus
Little Pipit Anthus caffer
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Nilghiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens
Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus
Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
Short-billed Pipit Anthus furcatus
Hellmayr's Pipit Anthus hellmayri
Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens
Chaco Pipit Anthus chacoensis
Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera
Ochre-breasted Pipit Anthus nattereri
Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis
South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus
New Guinea Pipit Anthus guttaralis
Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis
Yellow-tufted Pipit Anthus crenatus
Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
Yellow-breasted Pipit Anthus chloris