New Zealand Pipit
A species of Pipits, Also known as Australian Pipit Scientific name : Anthus novaeseelandiae Genus : Pipits
New Zealand Pipit, A species of Pipits
Also known as:
Australian Pipit
Botanical name: Anthus novaeseelandiae
Genus: Pipits
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Description
It is a slender bird, 16 to 19 cm long, and weighs about 40 grams. The plumage is pale brown above with dark streaks. The underparts are pale with streaks on the breast. There is a pale stripe over the eye and dark malar and moustachial stripes. The long tail has white outer-feathers and is often wagged up and down. The legs are long and pinkish-brown while the bill is slender and brownish. It has a sparrow-like chirruping call and a drawn-out tswee call. 
Size
18 cm
Feeding Habits
New Zealand Pipit primarily consumes invertebrates, with gizzards showing over 90% volume from insects like beetles, ants, and flies, supplemented by grass seeds. It forages on the ground, picking food from the surface and exhibits no specialized dietary adaptations.
Habitat
New Zealand Pipit typically inhabits open short grasslands, including areas adjacent to human activity such as roadsides, coastal dunes, and forest clearings. It adapts well to modified landscapes, often being found in artificial grasslands like airstrips, gardens, and playing fields, and is known to rapidly colonize newly cleared spaces.
Dite type
Insectivorous
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Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Wagtails Genus
Pipits Species
New Zealand Pipit 
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