Nicholson's Pipit - BirdForum Opus

Photo by firecrest15
Mkuze Game Reserve, north-eastern South Africa, May 2014

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Anthus nicholsoni

Identification

• Buffy outer tail feathers

Distribution

Photo by jdbirdman
Namibia, November 2004

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)

References

1. 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/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Nicholson's Pipit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Nicholson%27s_Pipit

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