Striped pipit
| Striped pipit | |
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| The nominate subspecies in Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden, Gauteng | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Motacillidae |
| Genus: | Anthus |
| Species: | A. lineiventris
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthus lineiventris Sundevall, 1850
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The striped pipit (Anthus lineiventris) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae, which is native to Africa southwards of the equator.
Range and habitat
[edit | edit source]It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, DRC, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is rocky areas in dry to mesic savanna.[1]
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit | edit source]The striped pipit forms a species complex with the African rock pipit.[2]
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]There are two subspecies:[3]
- A. l. stygium Clancey, 1952 – Angola, Kenya, DRC, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
- A. l. lineiventris Sundevall, 1851 – Botswana, South Africa and Eswatini
Description
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It is a large pipit, ranging from 17 to 18 centimeters in length and weighing 31-37 grams. The wing coverts have yellow-green edges, and the underparts are olive brown with dark brown streaking.[2]
Voice
[edit | edit source]A loud, penetrating, thrush-like song, uttered from a rock or perch.[2]
Diet
[edit | edit source]It feeds on insects and other arthropods, particularly grasshoppers.[2][3]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Striped pipit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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