The bushveld pipit (''Anthus caffer''), also known as bush pipit or little pipit, is a species of
bird in the pipit and wagtail family
Motacillidae
The wagtails, longclaws, and pipits are a family, Motacillidae, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Around 70 species occur in five genera. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominan ...
. It is found in
Angola,
Botswana,
Eswatini
Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...
,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
South Africa,
Tanzania,
Zambia, and
Zimbabwe. Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical dry
forests and dry
savanna.
Gallery
Pipit Bushveld 2015 06 03 ZRR 6212.jpg
Pipit Bushveld 2015 06 03 ZRR 6205.jpg
Pipit Bushveld 2012 04 25 11 10 24 7805.jpg
Pipit Bushveld 2012 04 25 11 09 55 7788.jpg
Pipit Bushveld 2012 04 25 11 10 06 7799.jpg
References
External links
Image at ADW
* Bushveld pipit
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
Anthus
Birds of Southern Africa
Birds described in 1851
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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