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Tawny Pipit

Anthus campestris(Linnaeus, C, 1758)

English (US) Tawny Pipit

The Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: breeds central and southern Europe and northwestern Africa (Morocco eastward to Tunisia) eastward to northwestern and south-central Mongolia, northwestern Kazakhstan, northern Afghanistan, and far northwestern China, also locally in Middle East; winters in sub-Saharan Africa (mainly in the Sahel), Arabia, and southwestern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Anthus campestris
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Tawny Pipit
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Alauda campestris
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Type locality
Europa = Sweden.
Original description
Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.166

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 70 species of the family Motacillidae