Golden Pipit
Tmetothylacus tenellus(Cabanis, JL, 1878)
English (US) Golden Pipit
The Golden Pipit (Tmetothylacus tenellus) 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: southeastern South Sudan, southern and eastern Ethiopia, Somalia, northern Uganda, eastern Kenya, and eastern Tanzania; partially nomadic or migratoryRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Golden Pipit
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Macronix tenellus
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1878)
- Type locality
- Taita, Kenya.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 26, no.142 p.205
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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