Anthus campestris

Also known as Tawny Pipit

species of bird

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Anthus campestris, commonly known as the Tawny Pipit, is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. Classified within the order Passeriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata, it belongs to the genus Anthus. The species was originally described by Linnaeus in 1758. Its average mass is 22, with a litter size of 4.2 and an egg incubation period of 12.

The taxon range includes Africa and Burkina Faso. It is described as a regular passage visitor and winter visitor. The IUCN conservation status is Least Concern, as assessed in 2018, though a regional conservation status of Critically Endangered is also listed. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in Belgium and Russia, with collections held by institutions such as RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE and UWBM.

Synthesized by Vinony from 48 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Encyclopedia of Life, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Vinony's link graph records 167 inbound references to Anthus campestris, and connects out to binomial nomenclature, Anthus and India.

Vinony files it under Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Anthus and Birds described in 1758.

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Species

Least Concern

tawny pipit

Anthus campestris

SPECIES

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyMotacillidae

Observations5,074

Observations recorded198,730

Regular passage visitor and winter visitor.

via GBIF · IUCN

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 472
With media: 97
Family: Motacillidae
Collections: RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWBM
Recorded in: Belgium, Russia

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Bird sounds

flight call· Oman· quality A
song· Spain· quality A
song· Sweden· quality A
song· France· quality A

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Anthus
Mass: 22
Image: Anthus campestris-3.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
Commons category: Anthus campestris
taxon name: Anthus campestris
Commons gallery: Anthus campestris
litter size: 4.2
egg incubation period: 12
taxon common name: chis de les grandes
short name: A. campestris
taxon range: Burkina Faso
external data available at URL: www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
taxon author citation: (Linnaeus, 1758)
regional conservation status: Critically Endangered

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Encyclopedic overview

Anthus campestris MHNT

The tawny pipit (Anthus campestris) is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of the central Palearctic from northwest Africa and Portugal to Central Siberia and on to Inner Mongolia. It is a migrant moving in winter to tropical Africa and the Indian subcontinent.

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