Bushveld pipit
Anthus caffer Sundevall, 1850
The bushveld pipit (Anthus caffer) is a species in the family Motacillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16.8 g to 16.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the bushveld pipit
- Weight
- 16.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the bushveld pipit live?
Not recorded
What is the bushveld pipit?
The bushveld pipit (Anthus caffer), also known as bush pipit or little pipit, is a species of bird in the pipit and wagtail family Motacillidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.
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Is the bushveld pipit endangered?
The bushveld pipit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the bushveld pipit classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMotacillidae
- genusAnthus
- SpeciesAnthus caffer Sundevall, 1850
Synonyms Anthus cathropae, Caffranthus caffer
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- BUPIEnglish
- Bush pipitEnglish
- Bush pipitEnglish
- Little tawny pipitEnglish
- Little tawny pipitEnglish
- BosveldkoesterAfrikaans
- piula cafreCatalan
- linduška drobnáCzech
- corhedydd y gwylltirWelsh
- BuskpiberDanish
- BuschpieperGerman
- vepra pipioEsperanto
- Bisbita cafreSpanish
- savannikiurEstonian
- savannikirvinenFinnish
- Pipit cafreFrench
- kratkorepa trepteljkaCroatian
- kafferpityerHungarian
- Pispola del bushItalian
- クサハラタヒバリJapanese
- mažasis kalviukasLithuanian
- SavannepieperDutch
- buskpiplerkeNorwegian
- świergotek zaroślowyPolish
- petinha-do-matoPortuguese
- Кафрский конёкRussian
- Кустарниковый конёкRussian
- ľabtuška krovinováSlovak
- Žbunjačka trepteljkaSerbian
- buskpiplärkaSwedish
- Otlak İncirkuşuTurkish
- щеврик чагарниковийUkrainian
- 南非鹨Chinese
- 南非樹鷚Chinese
Relatives of the bushveld pipit
Other species in the same genus Anthus.
Tree pipit
Anthus trivialis
Meadow pipit
Anthus pratensis
Tawny pipit
Anthus campestris
Red-throated pipit
Anthus cervinus
Water pipit
Anthus spinoletta
Richard's pipit
Anthus richardi
CompareBushveld pipit vs Tree pipitBushveld pipit vs Meadow pipitBushveld pipit vs Tawny pipitBushveld pipit vs Red-throated pipit
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bushveld pipit?
An adult bushveld pipit weighs 16.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the bushveld pipit endangered?
The bushveld pipit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the bushveld pipit?
The bushveld pipit (Anthus caffer) belongs to the family Motacillidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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