Short-tailed pipit

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| name = Short-tailed pipit

| image = Short-tailed Pipit 2012 02 08 9427.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Anthus brachyurus |volume=2018 |page=e.T22718532A131985053 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718532A131985053.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Anthus

| species = brachyurus

| authority = Sundevall, 1850

| synonyms =

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The short-tailed pipit (Anthus brachyurus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.