Pipits
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family†: Motacillidae
Genera Anthus Tmetothylacus
† see also: wagtail, longclaw

The pipits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They are in the same family as the wagtails and longclaws.

They are slender, often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country. Pipits are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs.

There are 35 species, all but one in Anthus

Genus Tmetothylacus

• Golden Pipit[?] Tmetothylacus tennelus

Genus Anthus

• Richard's Pipit[?] Anthus novaeseelandiae
• Plain Pipit[?] Anthus leucophrys
• Sandy Pipit[?] Anthus vaalensis
• Long-clawed Pipit[?] Anthus pallidiventris
• Malindi Pipit[?] Anthus malindae
• Tawny Pipit[?] Anthus campestris
• Blyth's Pipit[?] Anthus godlewskii
• Berthelot's Pipit[?] Anthus berthelotii
• Long-billed Pipit[?] Anthus similis
• Short-tailed Pipit[?] Anthus brachyurus
• Little Pipit[?] Anthus caffer
• Tree Pipit[?] Anthus trivialis
• Nilghiri Pipit[?] Anthus nilghiriensis
• Olive-backed Pipit[?] Anthus hodgsoni
• Pechora Pipit[?] Anthus gustavi
• Meadow Pipit[?] Anthus pratensis
• Red-throated Pipit[?] Anthus cervinus
• Rosy Pipit[?] Anthus roseatus
• Water Pipit[?] Anthus spinoletta
• Rock Pipit[?] Anthus petrosus
• Buff-breasted Pipit[?] Anthus rubescens
• Upland Pipit[?] Anthus sylvanus
• Sprague's Pipit[?] Anthus spragueii
• Short-billed Pipit[?] Anthus furcatus
• Hellmayr's Pipit[?] Anthus hellmayri
• Yellowish Pipit[?] Anthus lutescens
• Chaco Pipit[?] Anthus chacoensis
• Correndera Pipit[?] Anthus correndera
• Ochre-breasted Pipit[?] Anthus nattereri
• Paramo Pipit[?] Anthus bogotensis
• South Georgia Pipit[?] Anthus antarcticus
• New Guinea Pipit[?] Anthus guttaralis
• Sokoke Pipit[?] Anthus sokokensis
• Yellow-tufted Pipit[?] Anthus crenatus
• Striped Pipit[?] Anthus lineiventris
• Yellow-breasted Pipit[?] Anthus chloris