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American Pipit

Anthus rubescens(Tunstall, M, 1771)

English (US) American Pipit

The American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 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.

Scientific name
Anthus rubescens
IUCN Red List
Not Evaluated
English (US)
American Pipit
Described by
(Tunstall, M, 1771)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Alauda Rubescens
Described by
(Tunstall, M, 1771)
Type locality
Pennsylvania. Ex Pennant's Brit. Zool., p. 239, based on 'The Lark from Pensilvania' of Edwards, Gleanings Nat. Hist., 2, p. 185, pi. 297.
Original description
Ornithologia Britannica: seu avium omnium Britannicarum tam terrestrium, quam aquaticarum catalogus (etc.) p.2

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

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