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title: "American Pipit"
description: "Anthus rubescens — Vogels. The American pipit (Anthus rubescens), formerly known as the buff-bellied pipit, is a small songbird native to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/american-pipit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# American Pipit

> Anthus rubescens — Vogels. The American pipit (Anthus rubescens), formerly known as the buff-bellied pipit, is a small songbird native to North America.

- Scientific name: *Anthus rubescens*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 24350
- Wikidata: [Q871527](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q871527)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13732](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13732)

## Names

- en: American Pipit
- de: Pazifischer Wasserpieper
- es: Bisbita Norteamericana
- fr: Pipit farlousane
- pt: Petinha-fulva
- pl: Świergotek bagienny

## Countries with the most observations

US (17101), CA (3467), MX (1907), FR (26), HN (10), BM (9), GB (6), PT (6), BS (3), IE (3)

## Summary

The American pipit (Anthus rubescens), formerly known as the buff-bellied pipit, is a small songbird native to North America. It was first described by Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 Ornithologia Britannica. It was formerly classified as a form of the water pipit. The former subspecies, Siberian pipit, is now considered a distinct species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_pipit

## Photo

![American Pipit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-pipit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196088817

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-pipit?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).