Siberian pipit
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| image = Siberian_Pipit_(Anthus_japonicus)_(49270701118)_(cropped).jpg
| image_caption = Adult captured in Pakistan
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Anthus
| species = japonicus
| authority = Temminck & Schlegel, 1847
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| range_map = Anthus japonicus map.svg
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The Siberian pipit (Anthus japonicus), also known as the Japanese pipit and formerly known as the buff-bellied pipit, is a species of songbird in the family Motacillidae. It was split from the American pipit in 2024 by both the IOC and Clements checklist. It is found in East Asia.
Taxonomy
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The Siberian pipit was described and illustrated by the ornithologists Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1847 based on a specimen collected in Japan. They considered it a subspecies of meadow pipit and coined the trinomial name Anthus platensis japonicus.{{ cite book | last1=Temminck | first1=Coenraad Jacob | author1-link=Coenraad Jacob Temminck | last2=Schlegel | first2=Hermann | author2-link=Hermann Schlegel | editor-last=Siebold | editor-first=Philipp Franz von | editor-link=Philipp Franz von Siebold | year=1847 | title=Fauna Japonica | volume=4 Aves | language=French | location=Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden) | publisher=Apud Auctorem | page=[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53188739 59], [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53188897 Plate 24]}} For the publication date see: {{ cite journal | last=Mlíkovský | first=Jiří | year=2012 | title=The dating of Temminck & Schlegels "Fauna Japonica: Aves", with implications for the nomenclature of birds | journal=Zoological Bibliography | volume=2 | issue=2 & 3 | pages=105-117 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272490534 }}{{cite web |title=Siberian Pipit |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=CEF9CA9DCD341FC4 |website=Avibase |access-date=21 October 2024}} It was formerly considered to be conspecific with both the water pipit and rock pipit, before being split into the buff-bellied pipit alongside the American pipit. The differences between the two have long been noted, and are most pronounced in their non-breeding plumages. A study published in 2023 found that divergence between the Siberian pipit and the American pipit was at a level typical for species divergence in pipits.{{cite journal |last1=Doniol-Valcroze |first1=Paul |last2=Coiffard |first2=Paul |last3=Alström |first3=Per |last4=Robb |first4=Magnus Steward |title=Molecular and acoustic evidence support the species status of Anthus rubescens rubescens and Anthus [rubescens] japonicus (Passeriformes: Motacillidae) |journal=Zootaxa |date=September 2023 |volume=5343 |issue=2 |pages=173-192 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5343.2.4 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373439239_Molecular_and_acoustic_evidence_support_the_species_status_of_Anthus_rubescens_rubescens_and_Anthus_rubescens_japonicus_Passeriformes_Motacillidae |access-date=21 October 2024}} The study also found differences in songs between the two, and recommended that the two be split. This recommendation was followed by both the IOC and Clements checklist in 2024.{{cite web |title=Proposed Splits/Lumps |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/proposed-splits/ |website=IOC World Bird List v14.2 |access-date=21 October 2024}}
Behaviour
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Anthus japonicus}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Anthus japonicus}}
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