Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)

Kimberley Pipit (Anthus pseudosimilis) - HBW 9, p. 749

French: Pipit de Kimberley German: Kimberleypieper Spanish: Bisbita del Kimberley

Taxonomy: Anthus pseudosimilis Liversidge and Voelker, 2002, Kimberley, South Africa.
Sometimes referred to erroneously as A. difficilis. Recently discovered species, separated from A. similis by DNA evidence. Molecular-genetic analysis suggests closer relationship with A. melindae; possibly also close to A. leucophrys or A. cinnamomeus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Poorly known. Most records from Kimberley area of C South Africa (E Northern Cape-W Free State); also recorded in NW Northern Cape and E Northern Province, and in S ­Namibia and on Botswana-South Africa border (Kalagkadi Transfrontier Park).