What is Pipit?
{{Taxobox | name = Pipits | image = Nilgir Pipit (Anthus nilghiriensis) 18-Apr-2007 12-12-32 PM.JPG | image_width = 240px | image_caption = [[Nilgiri Pipit]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passerine|Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Motacillidae]] | genus = '''''Anthus''''' | genus_authority = [[Johann Matthäus Bechstein|Bechstein]], 1805 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = c.40, see text. }} The '''pipits''' are a [[cosmopolitan]] genus '''''Anthus''''', of small [[passerine]] [[bird]]s with medium to long tails. Along with the [[wagtail]]s and [[longclaw]]s, the pipits make up the family [[Motacillidae]]. The genus is widespread, occurring across most of the world, except the driest deserts, rainforests and the mainland of Antarctica. They are slender, often drab, ground-feeding insectivores of open country. Like their relatives in the family, the pipits are monogamous and territorial. Pipits are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs. [[Category:Passeri]] {{biology-stub}}