Sprague's Pipit
Anthus spragueii(Audubon, JJ, 1844)
English (US) Sprague's Pipit
The Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii) 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 prairies and plains of North America; winters to southern MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anthus spragueii
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Sprague's Pipit
- Described by
- (Audubon, JJ, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alauda spragueii
- Described by
- (Audubon, JJ, 1844)
- Type locality
- near Fort Union, North Dakota.
- Original description
- The Birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories. Second ed., octavo [8vo], 7 p.334 pl.486
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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