Siberian pipit
| Siberian pipit | |
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| Adult seen in Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Motacillidae |
| Genus: | Anthus |
| Species: | A. japonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthus japonicus | |
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| Range Breeding Migration Nonbreeding | |
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
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.[2][3] 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.[4] The study also found differences in songs between the two, and recommended that the two be split.[4] This recommendation was followed by both the IOC and Clements checklist in 2024.[5]
Behaviour
The Siberian pipit is migratory. Breeding in Siberia and Northern Japan and China. Wintering mainly from Pakistan east to and Southeast Asia, with occasional birds found as far north as Yunnan and some in Japan apparently being all-year residents or migrating but a little.[1]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Anthus rubescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22718575A155437845. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22718575A155437845.en. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Temminck, Coenraad Jacob; Schlegel, Hermann (1847). Siebold, Philipp Franz von (ed.). Fauna Japonica (in French). Vol. 4 Aves. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Apud Auctorem. p. 59, Plate 24. For the publication date see: Mlíkovský, Jiří (2012). "The dating of Temminck & Schlegels "Fauna Japonica: Aves", with implications for the nomenclature of birds". Zoological Bibliography. 2 (2 & 3): 105–117.
- ^ "Siberian Pipit". Avibase. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ a b Doniol-Valcroze, Paul; Coiffard, Paul; Alström, Per; Robb, Magnus Steward (September 2023). "Molecular and acoustic evidence support the species status of Anthus rubescens rubescens and Anthus [rubescens] japonicus (Passeriformes: Motacillidae)". Zootaxa. 5343 (2): 173–192. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5343.2.4. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Proposed Splits/Lumps". IOC World Bird List v14.2. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
External links
Media related to Anthus japonicus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Anthus japonicus at Wikispecies
