๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the African Pipit live?

Anthus cinnamomeus has 224,348 records in 28 countries and territories, from 1861 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

African Pipit
African Pipit โ€” Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa / CC BY 2.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMotacillidaeAnthus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 179,301
Kenya 14,272
Tanzania 5,901
Namibia 5,472
Botswana 3,494
Uganda 3,108
Mozambique 2,826
Zimbabwe 2,618
Eswatini 1,820
Zambia 1,638
Rwanda 967
Ethiopia 828
Malawi 746
Lesotho 525
Angola 262
DR Congo 199
Saudi Arabia 127
Nigeria 113
Cameroon 48
Burundi 23
Eritrea 23
Somalia 17
Djibouti 9
Sudan 3
South Sudan 3
Congo 2
Togo 1
United States 1

Related animals

Others in the family Motacillidae.

White Wagtail
White Wagtail
6,900,983 records
Meadow Pipit
Meadow Pipit
3,376,071 records
Gray Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
2,095,539 records
Western Yellow Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
2,090,124 records
Tree Pipit
Tree Pipit
1,610,315 records
Rock Pipit
Rock Pipit
568,661 records
Cape Wagtail
Cape Wagtail
501,350 records
Water Pipit
Water Pipit
423,442 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.