Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The tree pipit is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout most of Europe and the Palearctic as far east as the East Siberian Mountains. It is a long-distance migrant, migrating in winter to Africa and southern Asia. The scientific name is from Latin: anthus is the name of a small bird of grasslands, and the specific trivialis means "common".
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Genus
- Anthus