American Pipit

• Scientific Name: Anthus Rubescens
• Common Name: American Pipit
• Diet: insects, seeds
• Color: brown
• Size: 6.5 inches
• Active Period: Winter
• Habitat: town
• Field Identification: heavily streaked breast, white eye ring, tan eyebrow
• Nest: ground
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Anthus
• Family: Motacillidae (pipits)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: rubescens