Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Meadow Pipit
The Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) 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 Iceland through western and northern Europe eastward to western Russia; winters to northern Africa and central AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anthus pratensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Meadow Pipit
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alauda pratensis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- in Europae pratis = 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.
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