Striped pipit

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| name = Striped pipit

| image = Striped pipit, Anthus lineiventris, at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Gauteng, South Africa (28853785504).jpg

| image_caption = The nominate subspecies in Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden, Gauteng

| image2 = Anthus lineiventris lineiventris, 2023-05-20 07h20, roep 29s te Kamp Rynoue naby Pta, b.mp3

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Anthus lineiventris |volume=2018 |page=e.T22718448A131983482 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718448A131983482.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Anthus

| species = lineiventris

| authority = Sundevall, 1850

| synonyms =

}}

The striped pipit (Anthus lineiventris) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae, which is native to Africa southwards of the equator.

Range and habitat

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, DRC, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitat is rocky areas in dry to mesic savanna.

Taxonomy and systematics

The striped pipit forms a species complex with the African rock pipit.{{Cite book|title=Complete photographic guide Birds of Southern Africa|last=Sinclair|first=Ian|last2=Ryan|first2=Peter|publisher=Struik Nature|year=2009}}

= Subspecies =

There are two subspecies:{{Cite web|url=https://www.hbw.com/species/striped-pipit-anthus-lineiventris|title=Striped Pipit (Anthus lineiventris)|website=www.hbw.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-21}}

A. l. stygium Clancey, 1952 – Angola, Kenya, DRC, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
A. l. lineiventris Sundevall, 1851 – Botswana, South Africa and Eswatini

Description

image:Pipit Striped Alan Manson 2011 06 18 ItalaGR.jpg, KwaZulu-Natal]]

It is a large pipit, ranging from 17 to 18 centimeters in length and weighing 31-37 grams. The wing coverts have yellow-green edges, and the underparts are olive brown with dark brown streaking.

= Voice =

A loud, penetrating, thrush-like song, uttered from a rock or perch.

Diet

It feeds on insects and other arthropods, particularly grasshoppers.

References

External links

Striped pipit - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/720.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].

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Category:Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa

Category:Birds of Southern Africa

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