Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) - HBW 9, p. 745
French: Pipit austral
German: Australspornpieper
Spanish: Bisbita Neozelandés
Other common names: Common/New Zealand Pipit; Australian Pipit (Australian and New Guinea races)
Taxonomy: Alauda novae Seelandiae J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Queen Charlotte's Sound, South Island, New Zealand.
May form a superspecies with A. richardi, A. rufulus and A. cinnamomeus, and all were formerly treated as conspecific; recent DNA studies, however, do not support a close relationship between them. New Guinea and Australian races often considered to represent a separate species; also, recent evidence suggests that some populations on offshore islands may merit subspecific or even specific status. Described race subaustralis (from WC Western Australia) merged with australis; likewise, reischeki and taupoensis (both North Island, New Zealand) syn.. View all taxonomy...
May form a superspecies with A. richardi, A. rufulus and A. cinnamomeus, and all were formerly treated as conspecific; recent DNA studies, however, do not support a close relationship between them. New Guinea and Australian races often considered to represent a separate species; also, recent evidence suggests that some populations on offshore islands may merit subspecific or even specific status. Described race subaustralis (from WC Western Australia) merged with australis; likewise, reischeki and taupoensis (both North Island, New Zealand) synonymized with nominate. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- exiguus Greenway, 1935 - EC New Guinea.
- rogersi Mathews, 1913 - coastal NW Australia E to Cape York Peninsula.
- bilbali Mathews, 1912 - SW Western Australia and SC South Australia.
- exiguus Greenway, 1935 - EC New Guinea.
- rogersi Mathews, 1913 - coastal NW Australia E to Cape York Peninsula.
- bilbali Mathews, 1912 - SW Western Australia and SC South Australia.
- australis Vieillot, 1818 - WC, C, E & SE Australia.
- bistriatus ( Swainson, 1838) - Tasmania, and islands in Bass Strait (King I, Flinders I).
- novaeseelandiae ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - New Zealand.
- chathamensis Lorenz-Liburnau, 1902 - Chatham Is.
- aucklandicus G. R. Gray, 1862 - Auckland Is.
- steindachneri Reischek, 1889 - Antipodes Is.
- Least Concern
- No sound recordings available yet
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