Pipit (genus)
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The pipit ( Anthus ) are a genus of birds from the subordination of songbirds . They are relatively small birds with a medium to long tail. Together with the stilts and the two monotypical genera Tmetothylacus and Dendronanthus , they belong to the family of stilts and pipiters .
Pipiters are slender, usually inconspicuous insectivores. They usually enter into monogamous relationships and defend breeding grounds. They are ground brooders with a clutch of up to six eggs. Up to 40 species are assigned to the genus, which makes them the most species-rich genus within their family. The taxonomic assignment of individual species and subspecies is, however, disputed; some authors also include fewer species in this genus.
Pieper are represented almost worldwide, they are only missing in the tropical rainforests, in the drier deserts and on the Antarctic continent. In the subarctic the coming Pechora Pipit , the meadow pipit and the Red-throated Pipit ago. The giant pipit and correnderapper breed in the sub- Antarctic . To those in Central Europe represented Anthus TYPES among other Tree Pipit , Meadow Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Tawny Pipit and Water Pipit .
species
- Spur pipit ( Anthus richardi )
- Oriental pipit ( Anthus rufulus )
- Cinnamon pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus )
- Australian pipit ( Anthus novaeseelandiae )
- Brown-backed pipit ( Anthus leucophrys )
- Vaalpieper ( Anthus vaalensis )
- Pieper stilts ( Anthus pallidiventris )
- Malindipieper ( Anthus melindae )
- Kimberley pipit ( Anthus pseudosimilis )
- Common pipit ( Anthus campestris )
- Steppe Pipit ( Anthus godlewskii )
- Canary Pipit ( Anthus berthelotii )
- Long-billed pipit ( Anthus similis )
- Jackson Pieper ( Anthus latistratus )
- Short-tailed pipit ( Anthus brachyurus )
- Bush pipit ( Anthus caffer )
- Tree pipit ( Anthus trivialis )
- Egyptian pipit ( Anthus nilghiriensis )
- Wood pipit ( Anthus hodgsoni )
- Pechorapia ( Anthus gustavi )
- Meadow Pipit ( Anthus pratensis )
- European red-throated pipit ( Anthus cervinus )
- Rose Pipit ( Anthus roseatus )
- Pipit ( Anthus spinoletta )
- Beach pipit ( Anthus petrosus )
- Pacific pipit ( Anthus rubescens )
- Mat pipit ( Anthus sylvanus )
- Prairie pipit ( Anthus spragueii )
- White-bellied Pipit ( Anthus furcatus )
- Hellmayrpieper ( Anthus hellmayri )
- Savannah Pipit ( Anthus lutescens )
- Chacopee ( Anthus chacoensis )
- Correnderapieper ( Anthus correndera )
- Ocher chest pipit ( Anthus nattereri )
- Paramopieper ( Anthus bogotensis )
- Giant Pipit ( Anthus antarcticus )
- Papuan piper ( Anthus gutturalis )
- Sokoke pipit ( Anthus sokokensis )
- Cliff Pipit ( Anthus crenatus )
- Striped Pipit ( Anthus lineiventris )
- Yellow-breasted pipit ( Anthus chloris )
- Long-tailed pipit ( Anthus longicaudatus )
- Highland pipit ( Anthus hoeschi )
- Burupieper ( Anthus ruficollis )
supporting documents
literature
- Richard Sale: A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife , published by Christopher Helm, London 2006, ISBN 0-7136-7039-8
- Hadoram Shirihai: A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife - The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and Southern Ocean , Alula Press, Degerby 2002, ISBN 951-98947-0-5
