Editing Paddyfield pipit (section)

==Taxonomy and systematics==
Some of the subspecies in the group were formerly treated as a subspecies of the Australasian pipit ''[[Anthus novaeseelandiae]]'' and the grouping has been in state of flux.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Dispersal%2C+Vicariance%2C+and+Clocks%3A+Historical+Biogeography+and+Speciation+in+a+Cosmopolitan+Passerine+Genus+%28Anthus%3A+Motacillidae%29&btnG= |title=Dispersal, Vicariance, and Clocks: Historical Biogeography and Speciation in a Cosmopolitan Passerine Genus (Anthus: Motacillidae)|author=Voelker, G|journal=Evolution| volume=53| issue=5|year=1999|pages=1536–1552|doi=10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05417.x |doi-access=free |jstor=2640899|pmid=28565564 |format=PDF}}</ref> Considerable colour and morphological variation with age and latitude make the species difficult to identify from museum specimens.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Hall, BP |year=1961| title= The taxonomy and identification of pipits (genus ''Anthus'')| journal=Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool.|volume= 7|issue=5|pages=245–289|url=https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis07zool#page/n328/mode/1up/}}</ref> Six subspecies are now included in this species.<ref name=ibc>{{cite web|url=http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/paddyfield-pipit-anthus-rufulus|title=Paddyfield pipit (Anthus rufulus) – the Internet Bird Collection}}</ref>
* ''rufulus'' described by [[Louis Pierre Vieillot]] in 1818 – found in most of Indian Subcontinent (except for the north-west, north and extreme south-west) east to southern China, south to southern Thailand and Indochina
* ''waitei'' described by [[Hugh Whistler]] in 1936 (not always recognized) is found in the dry zone of the north-western part of the Indian Subcontinent
* ''malayensis'' described by [[Thomas Campbell Eyton]] in 1839 is the dark form of the wet zone of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
* ''lugubris'' described by [[Viscount Walden]] in 1875 – found in Philippines; possibly also northern Borneo.
* ''albidus'' described by [[Erwin Stresemann]] in 1912 – found in Sulawesi, Bali and the western Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Padar, Rinca, Flores, Sumba).
* ''medius'' described by Wallace in 1864 – found in the eastern Lesser Sundas (Sawu, Roti, Timor, Kisar, Leti, Moa, Sermata).

Some authorities consider paddyfield pipit to be a [[subspecies]] of [[Richard's pipit]], ''A. richardi''.<ref name=avi/>