Wagtails, Pipits

Golden Pipit

Tmetothylacus tenellus

The Golden Pipit (Tmetothylacus tenellus) is a 20 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Wagtails, Pipits

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

20 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia.

Where to see it: Samburu NR (General - please use more specific hotspot if possible) (Kenya); Auto selected 5.28882, 35.82904 (South Sudan); Amboseli NP (Kenya); Ngorongoro Conservation Area · Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania); Lake Ziway · southwestern shore (Ethiopia).

Photo: (c) Adrien Jailloux, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist