Passeriformes
Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
HBW 9, p. 686
- Small to medium-sized, mostly terrestrial passerines with short neck, long tail, long legs and toes; plumage mostly brown or brownish, often streaked, some species black and white, some with yellow or orange.
- Cosmopolitan, mostly Old World.
- Mostly open habitats, often grassland, a few species in wooded habitats; often near water.
- 6 genera, 65 species, 212 taxa.
- 5 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 23 11 12 8 1 Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
- 28 1 16 11 8 2 Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
- 44 2 22 20 8 3 Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)
- 20 1 7 12 8 4 Grassveld Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus)
- 4 2 2 8 5 Mountain Pipit (Anthus hoeschi)
- 0 8 6 Jackson's Pipit (Anthus latistriatus)
- 1 1 8 7 Woodland Pipit (Anthus nyassae)
- 28 1 15 12 8 8 Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis)
- 0 8 9 Kimberley Pipit (Anthus pseudosimilis)
- 9 1 1 7 8 10 Blyth's Pipit (Anthus godlewskii)
- 54 1 24 29 8 11 Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
- 13 8 5 8 12 Plain-backed Pipit (Anthus leucophrys)
- 0 7 13 Long-tailed Pipit (Anthus longicaudatus)
- 4 2 2 8 14 Buffy Pipit (Anthus vaalensis)
- 1 1 8 15 Long-legged Pipit (Anthus pallidiventris)
- 10 1 4 5 6 16 Nilgiri Pipit (Anthus nilghiriensis)
- 4 1 3 8 17 Upland Pipit (Anthus sylvanus)
- 29 1 19 9 8 18 Berthelot's Pipit (Anthus berthelotii)
- 3 3 6 19 Malindi Pipit (Anthus melindae)
- 2 2 8 20 Striped Pipit (Anthus lineiventris)
- 2 1 1 8 21 Yellow-tufted Pipit (Anthus crenatus)
- 1 1 8 22 New Guinea Pipit (Anthus gutturalis)
- 2 1 1 4 23 Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii)
- 7 1 4 2 8 24 Short-billed Pipit (Anthus furcatus)
- 14 1 5 8 8 25 Yellowish Pipit (Anthus lutescens)
- 0 8 26 Chaco Pipit (Anthus chacoensis)
- 26 2 11 13 8 27 Correndera Pipit (Anthus correndera)
- 13 1 4 8 6 28 South Georgia Pipit (Anthus antarcticus)
- 6 1 3 2 4 29 Ochre-breasted Pipit (Anthus nattereri)
- 12 2 4 6 8 30 Hellmayr's Pipit (Anthus hellmayri)
- 4 1 2 1 8 31 Paramo Pipit (Anthus bogotensis)
- 49 2 22 25 8 32 Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- 3 1 2 8 33 Rosy Pipit (Anthus roseatus)
- 40 1 15 24 8 34 Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
- 39 2 12 25 8 35 Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
- 54 3 18 33 8 36 Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
- 6 5 1 8 37 Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi)
- 41 1 15 25 8 38 Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
- 23 1 9 13 8 39 Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
- 35 1 19 15 8 40 Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
- 0 8 41 Short-tailed Pipit (Anthus brachyurus)
- 2 2 8 42 Bush Pipit (Anthus caffer)
- 4 3 1 3 43 Sokoke Pipit (Anthus sokokensis)
- 4 3 1 8 44 Golden Pipit (Tmetothylacus tenellus)
- 3 1 2 4 45 Yellow-breasted Pipit (Hemimacronyx chloris)
- 1 1 3 46 Sharpe's Longclaw (Hemimacronyx sharpei)
- 11 1 9 1 8 47 Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis)
- 19 9 10 8 48 Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus)
- 1 1 8 49 Fülleborn's Longclaw (Macronyx fuellebornii)
- 6 3 3 6 50 Abyssinian Longclaw (Macronyx flavicollis)
- 3 2 1 8 51 Pangani Longclaw (Macronyx aurantiigula)
- 3 2 1 8 52 Rosy-breasted Longclaw (Macronyx ameliae)
- 1 1 7 53 Grimwood's Longclaw (Macronyx grimwoodi)
- 16 9 7 8 54 Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)
- 218 7 94 117 8 55 White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- 47 1 21 25 8 56 White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
- 19 3 6 10 8 57 Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
- 6 2 1 3 6 58 Mekong Wagtail (Motacilla samveasnae)
- 32 2 9 21 8 59 African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- 226 9 106 111 8 60 Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- 52 2 26 24 8 61 Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
- 13 10 3 8 62 Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis)
- 4 3 1 8 63 Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris)
- 101 3 47 51 8 64 Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- 16 1 5 10 8 65 Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara)
Family statistics
6 genera, 65 species
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| 6 genera | (100%) |
| 60 species | (92%) |
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