Anthus nilghiriensis

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Motacillidae/Anthus

At a glance

Occurrence records2 156

Data sources6

Biological traits20

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 156 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 sources20 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 156 records

01Narrative

The Nilgiri pipit (Anthus nilghiriensis) is a distinctive species of pipit that is endemic to the high altitude hills of southern India. Richer brown in colour than other pipits in the region, it is distinctive in having the streaking on the breast continuing along the flanks. It is non-migratory and has a tendency to fly into low trees when disturbed and is closely related to the tree pipits Anthus hodgsoni and Anthus trivialis.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETEltonTraitsAmnioteDB

Size & morphology11

Beak depth3.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)15.5 mm

Beak length (nares)9.1 mm

Beak width3.6 mm

Body mass31 g

⚠ sources differ — AVONET: 31 g · EltonTraits: 22.03 g

Hand-wing index15.8

Kipp's distance11.8 mm

Secondary length62.7 mm

Tail length69.3 mm

Tarsus length23.7 mm

Wing length74.8 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size2.8

Diet & foraging4

Ground100 %

Invertebrate100 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatGrassland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size11 553 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 156 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 146

Museum / vouchered10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO868 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 accuracy24% within 1 km

≤100 m 18≤1 km 3>10 km 68

89 georeferenced · 2 057 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 146

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 3>10 km 1

4 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence10

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 institutions4 of 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Thiruvananthapuram Natural History Museumlocation not on record	5
Seattle, US	2
Cambridge, US	1
New Haven, US	1
Ann Arbor, US	1

5 institutions · 10 of 10 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology11

Life cycle & reproduction1

Diet & foraging4

Habitat & environment4

Record type2 156 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions4 of 5 geolocated

Record type2 156 records