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Australian Pipit
Anthus australisVieillot, 1818
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Genus
- Anthus
At a glance
The Australian Pipit is a small bird, about 16–19 cm long, listed as Least Concern and native to Australia.
- Size
- 16–19 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Native
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does an Australian Pipit look like?
The Australian Pipit is a small bird, about 16–19 cm long and weighing 20–31 g.
The Australian pipit is a fairly small passerine bird of open country in Australia and New Guinea. It belongs to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does an Australian Pipit eat?
The Australian Pipit feeds on primarily insects and other small invertebrates and supplemented with seeds., usually foraging in terrestrial gleaner.
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