Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis), Bannerman's Pipit (Anthus bannermani), Woodland Pipit (Anthus nyassae) and southern populations previously ascribed to Jackson's Pipit (Anthus latistriatus) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Anthus similis following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993). The northern populations of Jackson's Pipit (Anthus latistriatus) are lumped with Anthus richardi also following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis).