Anthus melindae — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Motacillidae/Anthus

At a glance

Occurrence records923

Data sources6

Biological traits22

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility923 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF923 records

01Narrative

The Malindi pipit (Anthus melindae) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in Kenya and Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology11

Beak depth4.8 mm

Beak length (culmen)16.2 mm

Beak length (nares)9.9 mm

Beak width3.4 mm

Body mass22.5 g

Hand-wing index19.4

Kipp's distance16.2 mm

Secondary length67.3 mm

Tail length63.2 mm

Tarsus length26.1 mm

Wing length83.6 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size2.4

Diet & foraging6

Ground70 %

Invertebrate100 %

Midhigh10 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatGrassland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size108 384 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type923 records

Wild obs. + sensor912

Museum / vouchered2

Other9

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO432 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 accuracy48% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 4≤10 km 5>10 km 6

21 georeferenced · 891 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor912

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

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 institutions2 of 2 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Philadelphia, US	1
Los Angeles, US	1

2 institutions · 2 of 2 vouchered records shown