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Tmetothylacus tenellus (Golden
pipit)
Goudkoester [Afrikaans]; Gouden pieper [Dutch]; Pipit doré
[French]; Goldpieper [German]; Petinha-dourada [Portuguese]
Life
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Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
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Reptilia (reptiles) >
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Dinosauria
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Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) > Order: Passeriformes
> Family: Motacillidae
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Golden pipit, Pongola Nature Reserve, South
Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] |
Distribution and habitat
Mainly occurs in north-eastern Africa from Somalia to
Tanzania, however it is a rare vagrant to southern Africa, with with five
records from the Kruger National Park and Gauteng, South Africa as well as one
in eastern Zimbabwe. It generally prefers arid to semi-arid grassland with
scattered trees.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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