{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | image = Mountain pipit, Anthus hoeschi, at Naude's Nek, southern Drakensberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa. - 51852076261, crop.jpg | image_caption = At Naude's Neck Pass, South Africa | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Anthus hoeschi'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T22718467A118896194 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22718467A118896194.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Anthus | species = hoeschi | authority = Stresemann, 1938 | range_map = AT1003 map.png | range_map_caption = {{legend0|#00ff80|Approximate summer range: the Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands}} | synonyms = }}
The '''mountain pipit''' ('''''Anthus hoeschi''''') is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.
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.
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==External links== * Mountain pipit - [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/901.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].
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mountain pipit Category:Southern Afromontane endemic bird species mountain pipit Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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