Kimberley Pipit
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The Kimberly Pipit, Anthus pseudosimilis, is a small bird
found in savanna grasslands in South Africa
and Namibia
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This recently described pipit
is 18 cms long and weighs around 32 gms. Its plumage is mainly brown.
The Kimberley Pipit bird forages for insect
food on the ground. It is monogamous. The female lays 2 to 3 blue eggs.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
found in savanna grasslands in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
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This recently described pipit
Pipit
The pipits are a cosmopolitan genus, Anthus, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Along with the wagtails and longclaws, the pipits make up the family Motacillidae...
is 18 cms long and weighs around 32 gms. Its plumage is mainly brown.
The Kimberley Pipit bird forages for insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
food on the ground. It is monogamous. The female lays 2 to 3 blue eggs.