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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- 30 14 16 8 1 Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
- 30 1 17 12 8 2 Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
- 53 2 31 20 8 3 Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)
- 26 1 11 14 8 4 Grassveld Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus)
- 4 2 2 8 5 Mountain Pipit (Anthus hoeschi)
- 1 1 8 6 Jackson's Pipit (Anthus latistriatus)
- 1 1 8 7 Woodland Pipit (Anthus nyassae)
- 33 1 20 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)
- 69 1 32 36 8 11 Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
- 14 9 5 8 12 Plain-backed Pipit (Anthus leucophrys)
- 0 7 13 Long-tailed Pipit (Anthus longicaudatus)
- 5 3 2 8 14 Buffy Pipit (Anthus vaalensis)
- 3 3 8 15 Long-legged Pipit (Anthus pallidiventris)
- 17 1 5 11 6 16 Nilgiri Pipit (Anthus nilghiriensis)
- 5 2 3 8 17 Upland Pipit (Anthus sylvanus)
- 36 1 23 12 8 18 Berthelot's Pipit (Anthus berthelotii)
- 3 3 6 19 Malindi Pipit (Anthus melindae)
- 2 2 8 20 Striped Pipit (Anthus lineiventris)
- 4 1 2 1 8 21 Yellow-tufted Pipit (Anthus crenatus)
- 1 1 8 22 New Guinea Pipit (Anthus gutturalis)
- 3 1 2 4 23 Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii)
- 10 1 5 4 8 24 Short-billed Pipit (Anthus furcatus)
- 18 1 8 9 8 25 Yellowish Pipit (Anthus lutescens)
- 1 1 8 26 Chaco Pipit (Anthus chacoensis)
- 32 2 14 16 8 27 Correndera Pipit (Anthus correndera)
- 18 1 9 8 6 28 South Georgia Pipit (Anthus antarcticus)
- 6 1 3 2 4 29 Ochre-breasted Pipit (Anthus nattereri)
- 15 2 7 6 8 30 Hellmayr's Pipit (Anthus hellmayri)
- 6 2 3 1 8 31 Paramo Pipit (Anthus bogotensis)
- 74 2 30 42 8 32 Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- 3 1 2 8 33 Rosy Pipit (Anthus roseatus)
- 50 1 23 26 8 34 Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
- 43 2 16 25 8 35 Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
- 70 3 30 37 8 36 Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
- 6 5 1 8 37 Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi)
- 54 1 26 27 8 38 Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
- 27 1 11 15 8 39 Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
- 37 1 21 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)
- 5 4 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)
- 14 1 12 1 8 47 Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis)
- 25 1 13 11 8 48 Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus)
- 1 1 8 49 Fülleborn's Longclaw (Macronyx fuellebornii)
- 10 7 3 6 50 Abyssinian Longclaw (Macronyx flavicollis)
- 8 3 5 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)
- 285 7 133 145 8 55 White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- 53 1 28 24 8 56 White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
- 19 3 6 10 8 57 Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
- 9 2 4 3 6 58 Mekong Wagtail (Motacilla samveasnae)
- 40 2 14 24 8 59 African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- 289 11 143 135 8 60 Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- 68 3 37 28 8 61 Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
- 23 2 14 7 8 62 Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis)
- 5 3 2 8 63 Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris)
- 120 3 59 58 8 64 Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- 21 1 8 12 8 65 Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara)
Family statistics
6 genera, 65 species
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| 6 genera | (100%) |
| 62 species | (95%) |
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