PIPITS   -   MOTACILLADAE

Ochre-breasted Pipit Anthus nattereri Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The only threatened pipit in South America. This one was displaying over recently burned grassland that was just starting to regrow.

Hellmayr's Pipit Anthus hellmayri brasilianus Pedra de Baú, near Campos do Jordao, São Paulo state, Brazil. A very localized species in southeast Brazil, occurring mainly in high mountain meadows.

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