Short-tailed pipit
| Short-tailed pipit | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 Motacillidae family. 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
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Anthus brachyurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Short-tailed pipit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.