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May form a superspecies with Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae), Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) and Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus 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 Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis). Has been considered to include Jackson's Pipit (Anthus latistriatus) as a subspecies. Conversely, winterbottomi sometimes treated as a subspecies of Jackson's Pipit (Anthus latistriatus) or of Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis), and has been synonymized with nominate subspecies of Woodland Pipit (Anthus nyassae) by some authors. Subspecies camaroonensis sometimes considered a separate species. Described subspecies katangae (from L Musole, in south-eastern DRCongo) merged with lichenya.

The following 15 subspecies are recognised:

• lynesi Bannerman & Bates, 1926   -  South-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, western Chad and western Sudan.
• camaroonensis Shelley, 1900   -  Western Cameroon (Mt Manenguba, Mt Cameroon). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Cameroon Pipit (Anthus camaroonensis).
• stabilis Clancey, 1986   -  Central and south-eastern Sudan.
• cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840   -  Western and south-eastern Ethiopian Highlands.
• eximius Clancey, 1986   -  South-western Arabia.
• annae Meinertzhagen, R, 1921   -  Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, south-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania.
• itombwensis Prigogine, 1982   -  Highlands of eastern DRCongo.
• lacuum Meinertzhagen, R, 1920   -  South-eastern Uganda, western and southern Kenya and northern and central Tanzania.
• winterbottomi Clancey, 1985   -  Highlands of north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi, southern Tanzania and north-western Mozambique.
• lichenya Vincent, 1933   -  North-eastern Angola, southern and eastern DRCongo, and from western Uganda south to northern and eastern Zambia, central Malawi, adjacent north-western Mozambique, and Zimbabwe plateau.
• spurium Clancey, 1951   -  South-eastern Tanzania south to north-eastern Namibia, Zambezi Valley and coastal lowlands of Mozambique.
• bocagii Nicholson, 1884   -  Western and southern Angola south to north-western South Africa (Northern Cape).
• grotei Niethammer, 1957   -  Northern Namibia and northern Botswana.
• rufuloides Roberts, 1936   -  South Africa (except north-west), Swaziland and Lesotho lowlands.
• latistriatus Jackson, 1899   -  Highlands of south-western Uganda, north-western Tanzania and western Kenya. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Jackson's Pipit (Anthus latistriatus).

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