Anthus hoeschi

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Motacillidae/Anthus

At a glance

Occurrence records1 163

Data sources6

Biological traits29

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Anthus hoeschi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 163 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources29 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 163 records

01Narrative

The mountain pipit (Anthus hoeschi) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, possibly Botswana, possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Namibia, and possibly Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology13

Beak depth3.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)16.4 mm

Beak length (nares)9.8 mm

Beak width4 mm

Body mass25.38 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 25.38 g · AVONET: 27 g · EltonTraits: 27 g

Body mass (female)28.3 g

Body mass (male)33.3 g

Hand-wing index29.1

Kipp's distance24.8 mm

Secondary length60.1 mm

Tail length72.1 mm

Tarsus length26.6 mm

Wing length84.9 mm

Life cycle & reproduction7

Age at sexual maturity363 days

Egg mass3.05 g

Fledging age15 days

Incubation14 days

Litter size3.5

Litters per year2.5 /year

Max. longevity65.0 months

Diet & foraging5

Ground90 %

Invertebrate100 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory10 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatGrassland

Migration3.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size31 304 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 163 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 155

Museum / vouchered8

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO816 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy74% within 1 km

≤100 m 55≤1 km 6>10 km 21

82 georeferenced · 1 073 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 155

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 8

8 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence8

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Seattle, US	8

1 institutions · 8 of 8 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction7

Diet & foraging5

Habitat & environment4

Record type1 163 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Record type1 163 records