Pipit
The pipits are a cosmopolitan genus Anthus, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Along with the wagtails and longclaws, the pipits make up the family Motacillidae. The genus is widespread, occurring across most of the world, except the driest deserts, rainforests and the mainland of Antarctica.
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| Genus: | Anthus Bechstein, 1805
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They are slender, often drab, ground-feeding insectivores of open country. Like their relatives in the family, the pipits are monogamous and territorial. Pipits are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs.
Pipit Media
A New Zealand pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae. This species was formerly considered conspecific with the Australian pipit Anthus australis under the name Australasian pipit.
Berthelot's pipit is restricted to the Atlantic islands of Madeira and the Canary Islands
The tree pipit breeds in Europe and Northern Asia and winters in India and Africa.
American pipits will wag their tail from side to side as well as up and down
Australian pipit chicks in the nest
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