Short-billed Pipit (Anthus furcatus) | Details

Short-billed Pipit Anthus furcatus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Anthus furcatus and A. brevirostris were previously lumped as A. furcatus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016), but A. brevirostris split on the basis of genetic divergence and marked differences in song (Van Els and Norambuena 2018). Molecular analyses suggest close relationship with A. spragueii, A. hellmayri and A. bogotensis, and may form a clade with these species and A. lutescens, A. correndera and A. antarcticus. Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2023. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 8. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v8_Dec23.zip.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,050,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.08 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: The population size has not been quantified. Density descriptions range from uncommon to locally common and fairly common (Stotz et al. 1996, Tyler 2022).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Uruguay	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Temperate	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 4300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Short-billed Pipit Anthus furcatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/short-billed-pipit-anthus-furcatus on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.