yellow-breasted pipit

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| name = Yellow-breasted pipit

| image = AnthusButleriSmit.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22718444/0 |title=Anthus chloris |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}

| genus = Anthus

| species = chloris

| authority = Lichtenstein, MHC, 1842

| synonyms =

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The yellow-breasted pipit (Anthus chloris) is a species of bird in the pipit and wagtail family Motacillidae.{{BioRef|IOC |title=Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxbills/ |access-date=22 February 2024}} Some authorities recognise it as Hemimacronyx chloris.{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2021 |title=Hemimacronyx chloris |volume=2021 |page=e.T22718444A180132223 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22718444A180132223.en |access-date=22 February 2024}}

File:Yellow-breasted Pipit iNaturalist.jpg

It is native to the Drakensberg of Lesotho and South Africa.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, arable land, and pastureland.

It is threatened by habitat loss.