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- Anthus nicholsoni
Identification
- Buffy outer tail feathers
Distribution
Africa and South Asia
Southern Africa: Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Lesotho.
Taxonomy
Formerly considered a part of Long-billed Pipit.
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized[1].
- A. s. palliditinctus: Extreme south-western Angola and north-western Namibia
- A. s. leucocraspedon: Western and southern Namibia and south-western South Africa
- A. s. nicholsoni: South-eastern Botswana and north-eastern South Africa
- A. s. petricolus: Lesotho and eastern South Africa
- A. s. primarius: Southern South Africa (southern Western Cape to northern Eastern Cape)
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Nicholson's Pipit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Nicholson%27s_Pipit
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
