Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Grassveld Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus) - HBW 9, p. 746
French: Pipit africain
German: Zimtspornpieper
Spanish: Bisbita Africano
Other common names: African/Grassland Pipit; Cameroon Pipit (camaroonensis)
Taxonomy: Anthus cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840, Simien Mountains, north Ethiopia.
May form a superspecies with A. novaeseelandiae, A. richardi and A. rufulus, and all were formerly treated as conspecific; recent DNA studies, however, do not support a close relationship between them. Some research suggests that present species is more closely related to A. similis. Has been considered to include A. latistriatus as a race; conversely, winterbottomi sometimes treated as a race of latter or of A. similis, and has been synonymized with nominate race of A. nyassae by some authors. Race camaroonensis sometimes conside.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Anthus cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840, Simien Mountains, north Ethiopia.
May form a superspecies with A. novaeseelandiae, A. richardi and A. rufulus, and all were formerly treated as conspecific; recent DNA studies, however, do not support a close relationship between them. Some research suggests that present species is more closely related to A. similis. Has been considered to include A. latistriatus as a race; conversely, winterbottomi sometimes treated as a race of latter or of A. similis, and has been synonymized with nominate race of A. nyassae by some authors. Race camaroonensis sometimes considered a separate species; described race katangae (from L Musole, in SE DRCongo) merged with lichenya. Fourteen subspecies recognized.
May form a superspecies with A. novaeseelandiae, A. richardi and A. rufulus, and all were formerly treated as conspecific; recent DNA studies, however, do not support a close relationship between them. Some research suggests that present species is more closely related to A. similis. Has been considered to include A. latistriatus as a race; conversely, winterbottomi sometimes treated as a race of latter or of A. similis, and has been synonymized with nominate race of A. nyassae by some authors. Race camaroonensis sometimes considered a separate species; described race katangae (from L Musole, in SE DRCongo) merged with lichenya. Fourteen subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lynesi Bannerman & Bates, 1926 - SE Nigeria, Cameroon, W Chad and W Sudan.
- camaroonensis Shelley, 1900 - W Cameroon (Mt Manenguba, Mt Cameroon).
- stabilis Clancey, 1986 - C & SE Sudan.
- lynesi Bannerman & Bates, 1926 - SE Nigeria, Cameroon, W Chad and W Sudan.
- camaroonensis Shelley, 1900 - W Cameroon (Mt Manenguba, Mt Cameroon).
- stabilis Clancey, 1986 - C & SE Sudan.
- cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840 - W & SE Ethiopian Highlands.
- eximius Clancey, 1986 - SW Arabia.
- annae Meinertzhagen, 1921 - Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, SE Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- itombwensis Prigogine, 1982 - highlands of E DRCongo.
- lacuum Meinertzhagen, 1920 - SE Uganda, W & S Kenya and N & C Tanzania.
- winterbottomi Clancey, 1985 - highlands of NE Zambia, N Malawi, S Tanzania and NW Mozambique.
- lichenya Vincent, 1933 - NE Angola, S & E DRCongo, and from W Uganda S to N & E Zambia, C Malawi, adjacent NW Mozambique, and Zimbabwe plateau.
- spurium Clancey, 1951 - SE Tanzania S to NE Namibia, Zambezi Valley and coastal lowlands of Mozambique.
- bocagei Nicholson, 1884 - W & S Angola S to NW South Africa (Northern Cape).
- grotei Niethammer, 1957 - N Namibia and N Botswana.
- rufuloides Roberts, 1936 - South Africa (except NW), Swaziland and Lesotho lowlands.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird running Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp cinnamomeus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 38 sec 4.1 -
A bird on the ground, and drinking. Locality Debre Libanos, Ethiopia (ssp cinnamomeus)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 6 years ago 35 sec 4.1 -
A bird foraging in the grass Locality Lake Munyanyange, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp lichenya)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 4 years ago 29 sec 4 -
A bird on the ground, walking and wagging the tail. Locality Nyabyeya, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 4 years ago 29 sec 4 -
A bird on the ground, alert Locality Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve, Bamenda Highlands, Northwest Province, Cameroon (ssp camaroonensis)
Ian Fulton 13 March 2006 5 years ago 41 sec 3.7 -
first juvenile bird and later adult bird Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp lichenya)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 September 2010 51 weeks ago 30 sec 3.6
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A bird singing on a stone.
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (ssp intercedens)
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
a bird on a shrub.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp rufuloides)
Fran Trabalon 30 October 2010 31 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird on the ground alert
Locality Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve, Bamenda Highlands, Northwest Province, Cameroon (ssp camaroonensis)
Ian Fulton 14 March 2006 2 years ago 3 -
A bird on the ground
Locality Daan Viljoen Game Park, Khomas Region, Namibia
Aleix Comas 8 September 2007 2 years ago 3 -
Lokking the valley
Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 17 February 2010 1 year ago 2.8 -
A single bird on the grass
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp rufuloides)
Luis Mario Arce 11 August 2010 1 year ago 2.3
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Calling from short grass near Kaapsehoop. 9:09am Locality Kaapsehoop, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(ssp rufuloides)
Charles Hesse 2 January 2010 1 year ago 3
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