Yellowish Pipit

Anthus lutescens Pucheran

The yellowish pipit was formerly known as a victim of the shiny cowbird on the basis of 1 record in Tucumán Province, northwestern Argentina (Friedmann, 1929:110). Recently, Sick has informed us that it has been found to be parasitized in southeastern Brazil. In that region the cowbird is of the race M. bonariensis melanogyna, for which the pipit is a “new” host.

SHORT-BILLED PIPIT

Anthus furcatus Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny

Eugene Gerzenstein informs us that on 4 December 1966 he found a nest of this pipit containing 2 eggs of the shiny cowbird as well as several of the host, near A° Dulce, Polanes, Departamento de Lavalleja, Uruguay. This is the first record for this bird as a victim of the parasite.

RED-EYED VIREO

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 Jean Pierre Vieillot described this species in 1818, which has precedence over the name Anthus lutescens.