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Paramo Pipit
Anthus bogotensis Sclater, PL, 1855
Motacillidae — Wagtails, Pipits
Paramo Pipit, Anthus bogotensis, is a passerine of the Motacillidae family that breeds in South America from north-west Venezuela to north-west Argentina. It lives in open, treeless country, especially páramo and puna grassland, and also uses nearby pasture and cultivated ground. The species is a year-round resident, though it is thought to shift altitude between seasons. It is about 15 cm long, and the sexes look alike. Adults show a dusky to cinnamon-brown head and upperparts, with two narrow wing bars, a mostly dusky tail, and buff underparts with sparse dark streaking.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae — Wagtails, Pipits
- Breeding range
- South America: nw Venezuela to nw Argentina
