← Back

American Pipit

Anthus rubescens

Classification

Class
Aves

The American pipit (Anthus rubescens), formerly known as the buff-bellied pipit, is a small songbird native to North America. It was first described by Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 Ornithologia Britannica. It was formerly classified as a form of the water pipit.

Distribution

(c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 539,941Canada · 100,456Mexico · 8,748United Kingdom · 412France · 292Sweden · 168Norway · 80Iceland · 24Cuba · 22Portugal · 9Ireland · 4Netherlands · 3ItalySpain