Short-tailed pipit
Anthus brachyurus Sundevall, 1850
The short-tailed pipit (Anthus brachyurus) is a species in the family Motacillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 15 g to 15.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the short-tailed pipit
- Weight
- 15.3 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 short-tailed pipit live?
Not recorded
What is the short-tailed pipit?
The short-tailed pipit (Anthus brachyurus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.
It is found in Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
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Is the short-tailed pipit endangered?
The short-tailed 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 short-tailed pipit classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMotacillidae
- genusAnthus
- SpeciesAnthus brachyurus Sundevall, 1850
Synonyms Afranthus brachyurus
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- STPIEnglish
- KortstertkoesterAfrikaans
- piula cuacurtaCatalan
- linduška krátkoocasáCzech
- corhedydd cwtaWelsh
- Korthalet PiberDanish
- KurzschwanzpieperGerman
- kurtvosta pipioEsperanto
- Bisbita colicortoSpanish
- lühisaba-kiurEstonian
- pikkukirvinenFinnish
- Pipit à queue courteFrench
- mala trepteljkaCroatian
- rövidfarkú pityerHungarian
- Pispola codacortaItalian
- ヒメタヒバリJapanese
- trumpauodegis kalviukasLithuanian
- korthalepiplerkeNorwegian Bokmål
- KortstaartpieperDutch
- kortstjertpiplerkeNorwegian
- świergotek krótkoogonowyPolish
- petinha-rabicurtaPortuguese
- Короткохвостый конёкRussian
- ľabtuška krátkochvostáSlovak
- Kratkorepa trepteljkaSerbian
- kortstjärtad piplärkaSwedish
- Kısa Kuyruklu İncirkuşuTurkish
- щеврик короткохвостийUkrainian
- 短尾鷚Chinese
- 短尾鹨Chinese
Relatives of the short-tailed 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
CompareShort-tailed pipit vs Tree pipitShort-tailed pipit vs Meadow pipitShort-tailed pipit vs Tawny pipitShort-tailed pipit vs Red-throated pipit
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the short-tailed pipit?
An adult short-tailed pipit weighs 15.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the short-tailed pipit endangered?
The short-tailed 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 short-tailed pipit?
The short-tailed pipit (Anthus brachyurus) 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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