Anthus nyassae

Neumann, 1906 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Motacillidae/Anthus

At a glance

Occurrence records1 360

Data sources8

Biological traits20

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 360 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources20 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 360 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The wood pipit or woodland pipit (Anthus nyassae) is a small passerine bird belonging to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae. It was formerly included in the long-billed pipit (Anthus similis) but is now frequently treated as a separate species. It is a bird of miombo woodland in south-central Africa, unlike the long-billed pipit which inhabits open grassland. It perches in trees when flushed but forages on the ground for invertebrates.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONET

Size & morphology12

Beak depth4 mm

Beak length (culmen)16.1 mm

Beak length (nares)9 mm

Beak width3.5 mm

Body mass25 g

Body mass (female)25 g

Hand-wing index19.5

Kipp's distance17.5 mm

Secondary length72.3 mm

Tail length69.9 mm

Tarsus length24.7 mm

Wing length89.9 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass3.33 g

Litter size2.7

Diet & foraging2

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatGrassland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size3 381 657 km²

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anthus nyassae has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 360 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 351

Museum / vouchered9

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 824 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 accuracy95% within 1 km

≤100 m 27≤1 km 13≤10 km 1>10 km 1

42 georeferenced · 1 309 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 351

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 · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9

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
Seattle, US	8
South Kensington, GB	1

2 institutions · 9 of 9 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Anthus nyassae was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median24.5 °C 24.5–24.5

Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.00 °C

Max temp (day)26.5 °C

Min temp (night)22.2 °C

Precipitation95.8 mm/mo

Air humidity58.7 %

Moisture balance-76.9 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,270 Pa

Wind speed3.70 m/s

Cloud cover31.5 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Anthus nyassae

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology12

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging2

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type1 360 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 360 records