African rock pipit

African rock pipit
specimen, NBC
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Anthus
Species: A. crenatus
Binomial name
Anthus crenatus
Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870

The African rock pipit (Anthus crenatus), also known as the yellow-tufted pipit, is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in the high-altitude, rocky grasslands of South Africa and Lesotho.

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