Long-tailed Pipit (Anthus longicaudatus)

Family
Motacillidae (Pipits And Wagtails)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Liversidge, 1996

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, pastureland.

Range (Guide)

South Africa (B).

Vagrant to Botswana, Zambia.

Little known. Occurs in austral winter in central South Africa: observed in Kimberley area (eastern Northern Cape-western Free State), and recorded also from near Colesberg (south of R Orange) and Beaufort West (eastern Western Cape). Probably breeds farther north, on Barotse floodplains in Zimbabwe.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A single, thin, short call note.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

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