American Pipit
Anthus rubescens
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 17,208
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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. The former subspecies, Siberian pipit, is now considered a distinct species.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “American pipit”.