Mountain pipit
Appearance
Mountain pipit | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Motacillidae |
Genus: | Anthus |
Species: | A. hoeschi
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Binomial name | |
Anthus hoeschi Stresemann, 1938
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General summer range: the Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands |
The mountain pipit (Anthus hoeschi) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.
It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, possibly Botswana, possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Namibia, and possibly Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
References
- ^ BirdLife International. 2017. Anthus hoeschi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22718467A118896194. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22718467A118896194.en. Downloaded on 31 December 2018.
External links
- Mountain pipit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.