Paramo Pipit (Anthus bogotensis)

Family
Motacillidae (Pipits And Wagtails)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1855

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland. From 2,100 - 4,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Paramo Pipit (Anthus bogotensis) [XC259434]
by Mitch Lysinger from Cotopaxi: Hacienda Yanahurco, Ecuador (call, song, calls)

Paramo Pipit (Anthus bogotensis) [XC275128]
by Carlos Ferrari from Pichincha: NE-slope of Volc\u00e1n Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Molecular-genetic analyses suggest possible close relationship with Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii), Short-billed Pipit (Anthus furcatus) and Hellmayr's Pipit (Anthus hellmayri) and all may belong to a clade that also includes Yellowish Pipit (Anthus lutescens), Correndera Pipit (Anthus correndera), South Georgia Pipit (Anthus antarcticus).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

meridae Zimmer, JT, 1953 - Andes in north-western Venezuela (Trujillo, M�rida, northern T�chira).
bogotensis Sclater, 1855 - North-western Venezuela (P�ramo de Tam�, in southern T�chira) and Andes from Colombia (northern and southern parts of central range, also eastern range south to Cundinamarca) south to northern Peru (Cajamarca).
immaculatus Cory, 1916 - North-central Peru south to Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
shiptoni (Chubb, C, 1923) - North-western Argentina (Tucum�n).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Paramo Pipit (Anthus bogotensis) - 10 files

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