Striped Pipit
Anthus lineiventris
Large pipit with a dark brown back and heavily marked underparts, with streaks all the way down to the belly. The feathers on the front of the wing have yellow-green edges, which is distinctive, though difficult to see. Found on rocky slopes within woodland. The song is loud and pretty: a rollicking series of repeated notes. Separated from other pipits by the heavily and completely striped underparts.
Identification
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.<p>A loud, penetrating, thrush-like song, uttered from a rock or perch.
Taxonomy
The striped pipit forms a species complex with the African rock pipit.<p>There are two subspecies:
- Scientific name
- Anthus lineiventris
- Authority
- Sundevall, 1850
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Genus
- Anthus
Range and habitat
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.
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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