Stilts and pipiters
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White wagtail ( Motacilla alba ) |
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| Vigors , 1825 |
The stilts and Pieper (Motacillidae) are a bird family of the order of perching birds (Passeriformes), subordination songbirds (Passeres).
The actual stilts are slender and strongly drawn, have a slender beak, long legs and a long tail. The sexes are more or less clearly distinguishable. They nest on the ground, in rocks or crevices. Pipiters are brown-striped birds with white or white-striped tail edges that are less slender than stilts. Some have long claws on their back toes. The sexes are colored the same.
Genera and species
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Dendronanthus
- Tree stilt ( Dendronanthus indicus )
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Stilts ( Motacilla ) - 12 species:
- White wagtail ( Motacilla alba )
- Bräunling ( Motacilla bocagii , synonym: Amaurocichla bocagii )
- Gray wagtail ( Motacilla cinerea )
- Japanese wagtail ( Motacilla grandis )
- Capsule ( Motacilla capensis )
- Long-tailed wagtail ( Motacilla clara )
- Madagascar wagtail ( Motacilla flaviventris )
- Mamula wagtail ( Motacilla madaraspatensis )
- Mekong wagtail ( Motacilla samveasnae )
- Yellow wagtail ( Motacilla flava )
- Widow wagtail ( Motacilla aguimp )
- Lemon wagtail ( Motacilla citreola )
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Tmetothylacus
- Gold pipit ( T. tenellus )
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Macronyx
- Ruby- throated pipit ( Macronyx ameliae )
- Pangani pipit ( Macronyx aurantiigula )
- Kappieper ( Macronyx capensis )
- Yellow-throated pipit ( Macronyx croceus )
- Gold neck Pieper ( Macronyx flavicollis )
- Füllebornpieper ( Macronyx fuellebornii )
- Grimwood pipit ( Macronyx grimwoodi )
- Lemon pipit ( Macronyx sharpei )
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Pieper ( Anthus ) - approx. 40 species, e.g. B .:
- Common pipit ( Anthus campestris )
- European red-throated pipit ( Anthus cervinus )
- Pechorapia ( Anthus gustavi )
- Nile giripieper ( Anthus nilghiriensis )
- Beach pipit ( Anthus petrosus )
- Meadow Pipit ( Anthus pratensis )
- Spur pipit ( Anthus richardi )
- Pacific water pipit ( Anthus rubescens )
- Pipit ( Anthus spinoletta )
- Tree pipit ( Anthus trivialis )
- Burupieper ( Anthus ruficollis , synonym: Madanga ruficollis )
literature
- Per Alström and Krister Mild: Pipits & Wagtails of Europe, Asia and Northamerica , Christopher Helm Ltd., London 2003, ISBN 0-7136-5834-7
- Urs Glutz von Blotzheim: Handbook of the birds of Central Europe - Volume 10 / II - Passeriformes (1st part) , Aula Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1985.
- Faansie Peacock: Pipits of Southern Africa - The complete guide to Africa's ultimate LBJ’s , Pretoria 2006, ISBN 0-620-35967-6
Web links
Commons : Stilts and Pieper - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Stelze - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: Pieper - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations