The mountain pipit (Anthus hoeschi) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.
| Mountain pipit | |
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| At Naude's Neck Pass, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Motacillidae |
| Genus: | Anthus |
| Species: | A. hoeschi
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthus hoeschi Stresemann, 1938
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| Approximate summer range: the Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands | |
Its breeding range is in Lesotho and adjacent South Africa. Its non-breeding range possibly includes Botswana, the DRC, Namibia and Zambia. Its natural overwintering habitat is subtropical or tropical grassland, and it breeds in temperate high altitude grassland in summer.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Anthus hoeschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22718467A118896194. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22718467A118896194.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
External links
edit- Mountain pipit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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