Yellowish Pipit (Anthus chii) | Details

Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Anthus lutescens and A. peruvianus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as A. lutescens following AOU (1998 & supplements); SACC (2005 & updates); Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993); Stotz et al. (1996).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
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	13 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	16,700,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	5000000-50000000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2016
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 5-50 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019). The species is described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: The species is undergoing a small decline (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Bolivia	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes
Paraguay	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Uruguay	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	major	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/yellowish-pipit-anthus-chii on 18/12/2024.
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 18/12/2024.