Bushveld Pipit

When to see the Bushveld Pipit

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bushveld Pipit

The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Malawi.

About the Bushveld Pipit

The bushveld pipit, 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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Easily confused with

Peruvian PipitAnthus peruvianusThe Peruvian pipit is one of the smallest members of genus Anthus. Pechora PipitAnthus gustaviA. gustavi is a small pipit, which somewhat resembles non-breeding red-throated pipit in plumage. African Rock PipitAnthus crenatusThe yellow-tufted pipit is identified in the field by its brown and gray feathers.