Yellow-breasted pipit
Anthus chloris Lichtenstein, 1842
Status not recordedsongbirds
The yellow-breasted pipit (Anthus chloris) is a species in the family Motacillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 25 g to 25.1 g.
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Quick facts about the yellow-breasted pipit
- Weight
- 25 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
- 3src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the yellow-breasted pipit live?
Not recorded
Is the yellow-breasted pipit endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the yellow-breasted pipit classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMotacillidae
- genusAnthus
- SpeciesAnthus chloris Lichtenstein, 1842
Synonyms Anthus butleri, Hemimacronyx chloris, Hemimacronyx chloris
Other names and names in other languages (29)
- GeelborskoesterAfrikaans
- piula pitgrogaCatalan
- linduška žlutoprsáCzech
- Gulbrystet PiberDanish
- GelbbrustpieperGerman
- flavbrusta pipioEsperanto
- Bisbita pechigualdoSpanish
- päikesekiurEstonian
- keltakirvinenFinnish
- Pipit à gorge jauneFrench
- Sentinelle à poitrine jauneFrench
- žutotrba trepteljkaCroatian
- aranymellű pityerHungarian
- Pispola pettogialloItalian
- キテンタヒバリJapanese
- geltonkrūtis citrininis kalviukasLithuanian
- GeelborstpieperDutch
- sitronpiplerkeNorwegian
- szponnik żółtyPolish
- petinha-de-peito-amareloPortuguese
- Желтогрудый конёкRussian
- Желтогрудый шпорничекRussian
- ľabtuška žltoprsáSlovak
- Žutogruda trepteljkaSerbian
- citronpiplärkaSwedish
- Sarı Göğüslü İncirkuşuTurkish
- єрник жовтийUkrainian
- 黃胸鷚Chinese
- 黄胸鹨Chinese
Relatives of the yellow-breasted 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
CompareYellow-breasted pipit vs Tree pipitYellow-breasted pipit vs Meadow pipitYellow-breasted pipit vs Tawny pipitYellow-breasted pipit vs Red-throated pipit
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the yellow-breasted pipit?
An adult yellow-breasted pipit weighs 25 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the yellow-breasted pipit?
The yellow-breasted pipit (Anthus chloris) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
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
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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