Biology:Nicholson's pipit

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Short description: Species of bird

Nicholson's pipit
Long-billed Pipit - Natal - South Africa S4E6593 (16378617574).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Anthus
Species:
A. nicholsoni
Binomial name
Anthus nicholsoni
Sharpe, 1884

Nicholson's pipit (Anthus nicholsoni) is a small passerine bird belonging to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae. It was formerly included with the long-billed pipit (Anthus similis) but is now frequently treated as a separate species. It is a bird found in southern Africa. They are non-migratory.[1]

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxbills/. Retrieved 23 June 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q40651464 entry