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Meadow pipit
Anthus pratensis · Family Motacillidae
Anthus pratensis
Family Motacillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,395,205
- Countries and territories with records
- 97
About this species
This species has 3,395,205 occurrence records from 97 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (18.1%), the Netherlands (17.2%), the United Kingdom (13%), Norway (10.4%) and Spain (8.1%); together they account for 66.8% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.6% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anthus pratensis combines the genus name Anthus with the species epithet pratensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 44 species of the genus Anthus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anthus trivialis, Anthus rubescens and Anthus petrosus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 68 species of the family Motacillidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Motacilla alba. Its record count is 10.5 times the family average (323,139). The family Motacillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.