African Pipit

分类位置

同属物种

African Rock Pipit

African Rock Pipit

Alpine Pipit

Alpine Pipit

北美黄腹鹨

American Pipit

伯氏鹨

Berthelot's Pipit

布氏鹨

Blyth's Pipit

Buffy Pipit

Buffy Pipit

形态与习性

The African pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus) is a fairly small passerine bird belonging to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae. It is also known as the grassveld pipit or grassland pipit. It was formerly lumped together with the Richard's, Australian, mountain and paddyfield pipits in a single species, Richard's pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae), but is now often treated as a species in its own right. It has some defining characteristics, such as light brown feathers on the head and back, d