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| image = Mountain pipit, Anthus hoeschi, at Naude's Nek, southern Drakensberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa. - 51852076261, crop.jpg |
| image = Mountain pipit, Anthus hoeschi, at Naude's Nek, southern Drakensberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa. - 51852076261, crop.jpg |
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| image_caption = At [[Naude's Neck Pass]], South Africa |
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| status = NT |
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| status_system = IUCN3.1 |
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| authority = [[Erwin Stresemann|Stresemann]], 1938 |
| authority = [[Erwin Stresemann|Stresemann]], 1938 |
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| range_map_caption = {{legend0|#00ff80|Approximate summer range: the [[Drakensberg]] alti-montane grasslands}} |
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The '''mountain pipit''' ('''''Anthus hoeschi''''') is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Motacillidae]]. |
The '''mountain pipit''' ('''''Anthus hoeschi''''') is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Motacillidae]]. |
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Its breeding range is in [[Lesotho]] and adjacent [[South Africa]]. Its non-breeding range possibly includes [[Botswana]], the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DRC]], [[Namibia]] and [[Zambia]]. Its natural overwintering [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical [[grassland]], and it breeds in temperate high altitude grassland in summer. |
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Its natural [[habitat]] is subtropical or tropical high-altitude [[grassland]]. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 20:01, 11 February 2024
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Motacillidae |
| Genus: | Anthus |
| Species: | A. hoeschi
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| Anthus hoeschi Stresemann, 1938
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| Approximate summer range: the Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands | |
The mountain pipit (Anthus hoeschi) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.
Its breeding range is in Lesotho and adjacent South Africa. Its non-breeding range possibly includes Botswana, the DRC, Namibia and Zambia. Its natural overwintering habitat is subtropical or tropical grassland, and it breeds in temperate high altitude grassland in summer.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Anthus hoeschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22718467A118896194. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22718467A118896194.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Mountain pipit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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