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Mountain pipit

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Mountain pipit
At Naude's Neck Pass, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Anthus
Species:
A. hoeschi
Binomial name
Anthus hoeschi
     Approximate summer range: the Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands

The mountain pipit (Anthus hoeschi) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.

Its breeding range is in Lesotho and adjacent South Africa. Its non-breeding range possibly includes Botswana, the DRC, Namibia and Zambia. Its natural overwintering habitat is subtropical or tropical grassland, and it breeds in temperate high altitude grassland in summer.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Anthus hoeschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22718467A118896194. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22718467A118896194.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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