Order: Passeriformes | Family: Motacillidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Chancay, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lachay, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lachay, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lachay, Lima
Status: The Yellowish Pipit is common in open habitats generally associated with wetlands. It also occurs at the edges of agricultural land and in coastal Lomas at elevations of up to 500 m. It is also rare in the savannah habitat in Pampas del Heath in Madre de Dios. The Yellowish Pipit also occurs in Co, Br, Bo, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Cachirla Peruana.
Sub-species: Peruvian Pipit (Anthus peruvianus), Nicholson, 1878.
Meaning of Name: Anthus: Gr. Myth. Anthos= small, brightly colored bird mentioned by Aristotle
peruvianus: In reference to the country of Peru, from the country of Peru.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.