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
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- American Pipit
- Described by
- (Tunstall, M, 1771)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Anthus rubescens rubescens
- Anthus rubescens alticola
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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