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Anthus

Anthus

9.9
Small thin songbirds called pipits that live in open places around the world
  • noun
  • Specialized
: Anthus
  • In spring, the Anthus can be spotted in fields and meadows around the world.

Examples

  • The Anthus is often seen hopping on the ground while searching for insects.

  • Birdwatchers admire the Anthus for its melodic song and slender body.

  • Declan Anthus is a member of both the Nature Conservancy and the Audubon Society.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

pipit
vsAnthus
1 9.5

A small brown songbird that hops on the ground in open fields

is the scientific genus name used in taxonomy for that same group

Surface Forms

Anthus singular
Anthuses plural

Etymology

Anthus comes from an old Latin name for a 'small bird' that writers used long ago, and scientists later chose it as the name for a group of slender songbirds called pipits that often live in grasslands. So, thinking of Anthus as an 'ancient little bird' helps you remember it refers to those small, ground‑living pipits.