The paramo pipit (Anthus bogotensis) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae, the wagtails and pipits. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy and systematics
The paramo pipit was described in 1855 with its current binomial Anthus bogotensis.
The paramo pipit has these four subspecies:
A. b. meridae Zimmer, JT, 1953
A. b. bogotensis Sclater, PL, 1855
A. b. immaculatus Cory, 1916
A. b. shiptoni (Chubb, C, 1923)
Some authors have suggested that A. b. meridae might deserve treatment as a full species. The Clements taxonomy recognizes some distinction within the species, calling it the "paramo pipit (meridae)" and the other three the "paramo pipit (bogotensis group)".
