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American Pipit
Anthus rubescens
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the American Pipit
The American pipit (Anthus rubescens), formerly known as the buff-bellied pipit, is a small songbird native to North America. It was first described by Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 Ornithologia Britannica. It was formerly classified as a form of the water pipit. The former subspecies, Siberian pipit, is now considered a distinct species.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Anthus rubescens
- Family
- Wagtails and Pipits
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the wagtails and pipits family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
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