| New Zealand pipit | |
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| On Kapiti Island | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Motacillidae |
| Genus: | Anthus |
| Species: | A. novaeseelandiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthus novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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The New Zealand pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) is a fairly small passerine bird of open country in New Zealand and outlying islands. It belongs to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae.
It was formerly lumped together with the Richard's, African, Mountain and Paddyfield pipits in a single species: Richard's pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae. Many authors split the Australasian pipit further into two species: Australian pipit (Anthus australis) in Australia[2] and New Guinea and New Zealand pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae), also called pīhoihoi, in New Zealand.
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Anthus novaeseelandiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22718480A131983972. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Menkhorst, Peter; Rogers, Danny; et al. (2017). The Australian Bird Guide. Clayton South, Victoria: CSIRO. p. 500. ISBN 9780643097544.