Short-billed pipit

Species of bird

Short-billed pipit
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Anthus
Species:
A. furcatus
Binomial name
Anthus furcatus
Lafresnaye & d'Orbigny, 1837

The short-billed pipit (Anthus furcatus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.

It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. The Puna pipit is sometimes considered a subspecies.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Anthus furcatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718594A94587942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718594A94587942.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

Further reading

  • Van Els, P.; Norambuena, H.V. (2018). "A revision of species limits in Neotropical pipits Anthus based on multilocus genetic and vocal data". Ibis. 160: 158–172. doi:10.1111/ibi.12511.
Taxon identifiers
Anthus furcatus


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