Mountain pipit

The mountain pipit (Anthus hoeschi) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.

Mountain pipit
At Naude's Neck Pass, South Africa
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Motacillidae
Genus:	Anthus
Species:	A. hoeschi
Binomial name
Anthus hoeschi Stresemann, 1938
Approximate summer range: the Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands

Its breeding range is in Lesotho and adjacent South Africa. Its non-breeding range possibly includes Botswana, the DRC, Namibia and Zambia. Its natural overwintering habitat is subtropical or tropical grassland, and it breeds in temperate high altitude grassland in summer.