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Paddyfield pipit
Anthus rufulus · Family Motacillidae
Anthus rufulus
Family Motacillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 288,902
- Countries and territories with records
- 36
About this species
This species has 288,902 occurrence records from 36 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (69%), Thailand (9%), Sri Lanka (4.3%), Cambodia (3%) and Singapore (2.9%); together they account for 88.1% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.32% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anthus rufulus combines the genus name Anthus with the species epithet rufulus. 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 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Motacilla alba. Its record count is close to the family average (323,139). The family Motacillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.