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Anthus cervinus

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Anthus cervinus

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Also known as Red-throated Pipit

species of bird

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Anthus cervinus, commonly known as the red-throated pipit, is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It belongs to the genus Anthus and was described by Pallas in 1811. The species is classified within the class Aves, order Passeriformes, and phylum Chordata. Its taxonomic status is accepted.

The range of the red-throated pipit includes Indonesia, the Nanling Mountains, South America, and Africa. It has a mass of 2.01 and a litter size of 3.7. The maximum longevity in the wild is 4.5 years. The IUCN conservation status is Least Concern, as assessed in 2019, though it holds an Endangered status in some regional contexts.

Records for this species are held by institutions including RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MVZ, CMN, and MSB. Occurrence data from various sources, including Norway, Burundi, Poland, Belgium, and Chad, contribute to a total of 178,912 occurrences.

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Species

Least Concern

red-throated pipit

Anthus cervinus

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyMotacillidae
Observations recorded178,912

Maximum longevity: 4.5 years (wild)

via GBIF · IUCN

Museum specimens

Specimen records
754
With media
55
Family
Motacillidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MVZ, CMN, MSB
Recorded in
Norway, Burundi, Poland, Belgium, Chad, Cyprus, Dr Congo, Sudan

Bird sounds

  • call, flight call· Sweden· quality A
  • flight call· United Arab Emirates· quality A
  • flight call· Spain· quality A
  • flight call· United Arab Emirates· quality A

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anthus
Mass
2.01
Image
Anthus cervinus2.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons category
Anthus cervinus
taxon name
Anthus cervinus
Commons gallery
Anthus cervinus
taxon common name
chis de papu roxu
litter size
3.7
short name
A. cervinus
taxon range
Burkina Faso
taxon author citation
(Pallas, 1811)
regional conservation status
Endangered status
Sources (7)

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Encyclopedic overview

The red-throated pipit (Anthus cervinus) is a small passerine bird, which breeds in the far north of Europe and the Palearctic, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is a long-distance migrant, wintering to Africa and South-East Asia and western Alaska in North America. It is vagrant to Western Europe.

Etymology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anthus cervinus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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