Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusAnthus (Pipits)
- SpeciesAnthus trivialis (Tree Pipit)
About the Tree Pipit
The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout most of Europe and the Palearctic as far east as the East Siberian Mountains. It is a long-distance migrant, migrating in winter to Africa and southern Asia. The scientific name is from Latin: anthus is the name of a small bird of grasslands, and the specific trivialis means "common".
The breeding habitat is open woodland and scrub. The nest is placed on the ground and usually 4–6 eggs are laid. This species is insectivorous like its relatives, but will also eat seeds. The tree pipit was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Alauda trivialis. Linnaeus noted that the species occurred in Sweden. The specific epithet trivialis is Latin meaning "common" or "ordinary" from Latin trivium meaning "public street". The tree pipit is now placed in the genus Anthus that was introduced in 1805 by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein.
Two subspecies are recognised: A. t. trivialis (Linnaeus, 1758) – breeds across Europe to southwest Siberia, north Iran and Turkey, east Kazakhstan, southcentral... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Gir National Park
Long-billed Pipit
Anthus similis
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Forest Wagtail
Dendronanthus indicus
White-browed Wagtail
Motacilla maderaspatensis
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Indian Robin
Saxicoloides fulicatus
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Yellow-throated Sparrow
Gymnoris xanthocollis
White-browed Fantail
Rhipidura aureola
Purple Sunbird
Cinnyris asiaticus
Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.