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African pipit
Anthus cinnamomeus · Family Motacillidae
Anthus cinnamomeus
Family Motacillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 225,725
- Countries and territories with records
- 31
About this species
This species has 225,725 occurrence records from 31 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (79.8%), Kenya (6.4%), Tanzania (2.6%), Namibia (2.4%) and Botswana (1.6%); together they account for 92.8% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.45% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anthus cinnamomeus combines the genus name Anthus with the species epithet cinnamomeus. 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 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Motacilla alba. Its record count is 69.9% of the family average (323,139). The family Motacillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.