Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Malindi Pipit (Anthus melindae) - HBW 9, p. 755
French: Pipit de Melinda
German: Malindipieper
Spanish: Bisbita de Malindi
Taxonomy: Anthus melindae Shelley, 1900, Malindi, Kenya.
Possibly related to A. cinnamomeus and A. pseudosimilis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mallablensis Colston, 1987 - coast of S Somalia from 30 km NE of Mogadishu S to c. 1º N.
- melindae Shelley, 1900 - S Somalia (S from lower R Juba and lower R Shabelle and, on coast, from Mogadishu) S to coastal Kenya (S to lower Tana Valley and Mombasa).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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An adult bird feeding in coastal grassland.
Locality Gongoni, Kenya (ssp melindae)
Steve Garvie 6 August 2007 3 years ago 4.3 -
An adult bird perched on a mound of soil from which it was making brief sorties to snap up insects.
Locality Gongoni, Kenya (ssp melindae)
Steve Garvie 6 August 2007 3 years ago 4.3 -
adult standing
Locality Gongoni, Kenya (ssp melindae)
Nik Borrow 23 November 2008 3 years ago 4
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