Biology:Short-billed pipit

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Short description: Species of bird

Short-billed pipit
Short-billed Pipit (Anthus furcatus).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Anthus
Species:
A. furcatus
Binomial name
Anthus furcatus
Lafresnaye & d'Orbigny, 1837
Anthus furcatus map 2.svg

The short-billed pipit (Anthus furcatus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.

It is found in Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. The Puna pipit is sometimes considered a subspecies.

References

Further reading

  • Van Els, P.; Norambuena, H.V. (2018). "A revision of species limits in Neotropical pipits Anthus based on multilocus genetic and vocal data". Ibis 160: 158–172. doi:10.1111/ibi.12511. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1589951 entry