Yellowish pipit explained

The yellowish pipit (Anthus chii) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and pastureland.

Prior to 2022, its scientific name was Anthus lutescens, but based on a 2021 study, the International Ornithological Congress renamed it to Anthus chii, the name by which Louis Pierre Vieillot described this species in 1818, which has precedence over the name Anthus lutescens.^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• Van Els . P. . Norambuena . H.V. . 2018 . A revision of species limits in Neotropical pipits Anthus based on multilocus genetic and vocal data . Ibis . 160 . 158–172 . 10.1111/ibi.12511 . free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: IOC World Bird List 12.1. 2022-01-29. IOC World Bird List Datasets. en-US. 10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1.
2. Smith. Paul. Clay. Rob P.. 2021-03-11. The identity of Félix de Azara’s “Alondras” and implications for Neotropical pipit nomenclature (Aves, Motacillidae: Anthus) . Zootaxa. 4942. 1. 118–126. 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.1.6. 1175-5334.