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Tawny pipit

Anthus campestris · Family Motacillidae

Anthus campestris

Family Motacillidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Motacillidae
GBIF occurrence records
199,438
Countries and territories with records
109
Tawny pipit
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About this species

This species has 199,438 occurrence records from 109 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from France (23.2%), Spain (16.7%), India (12.1%), Sweden (7%) and the United Arab Emirates (4.6%); together they account for 63.5% of the total. In France, this species accounts for 0.078% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Anthus campestris combines the genus name Anthus with the species epithet campestris. The Warbla app catalog lists 44 species of the genus Anthus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anthus pratensis, Anthus trivialis and Anthus rubescens.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 68 species of the family Motacillidae. This species ranks 15th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Motacilla alba. Its record count is 61.7% of the family average (323,139). The family Motacillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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