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New Zealand pipit
Anthus novaeseelandiae · Family Motacillidae
Anthus novaeseelandiae
Family Motacillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 209,714
- Countries and territories with records
- 52
About this species
This species has 209,714 occurrence records from 52 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (85.5%) and New Zealand (13.3%); together they account for 98.8% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.16% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anthus novaeseelandiae combines the genus name Anthus with the species epithet novaeseelandiae. 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 13th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Motacilla alba. Its record count is 64.9% of the family average (323,139). The family Motacillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.