---
title: "Australian Pipit"
description: "Anthus australis — Vogels. The Australian pipit (Anthus australis) is a fairly small passerine bird of open country in Australia and New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/australian-pipit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australian Pipit

> Anthus australis — Vogels. The Australian pipit (Anthus australis) is a fairly small passerine bird of open country in Australia and New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Anthus australis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 4564
- iNaturalist taxon: [1437035](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1437035)

## Names

- en: Australian Pipit
- de: Australspornpieper
- fr: Pipit d'Australie

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4359)

## Summary

The Australian pipit (Anthus australis) is a fairly small passerine bird of open country in Australia and New Guinea. It belongs to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244650371

## Machine access

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