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The yellow-breasted pipit has a bright yellow breast during breeding plumage, which fades to a buffy breast with a yellowish belly during non-breeding season. It has a scaled, brown back with white outer tail feathers. Unlike most other pipits, it has a grey lower mandible during non-breeding.
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When to see the Yellow-breasted Pipit
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-breasted Pipit
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Yellow-breasted Pipit
The yellow-breasted pipit is a species of bird in the pipit and wagtail family Motacillidae that is found in the Drakensberg region of South Africa.
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Easily confused with
Nilgiri PipitAnthus nilghiriensisThe Nilgiri pipit is about 12.6–14 centimetres (5.0–5.5 in) long and is richly coloured, has dark lores, a buff supercilium and throat.
Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellusThe golden pipit is a distinctive pipit of dry country grassland, savanna and shrubland in eastern Africa.
Short-billed PipitAnthus furcatusThe short-billed pipit is 14 to 14.5 cm (5.5 to 5.7 in) long and weighs about 20 g (0.71 oz).
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