Avibase: Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis] (African or Cameroon Pipit)

African or Cameroon Pipit

Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis] (= Anthus cinnamomeus) Rüppell, WPES 1840

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Motacillidae
Genus:
   Anthus
Scientific:
  Anthus cinnamomeus

Original description

Citation:
Rüppell, WPES 1840

Reference:
Neue Wirbelth. Fauna Abyss. Vög.

Protonym:
Anthus cinnamomeus

Type locality:
Sim en [Ethiopia].

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114234#page/183/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
1BC4A630ABD6BDD3

Avibase ID:
avibase-1BC4A630

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1BC4A630

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558643

Geographic range:

Anthus cinnamomeus cinnamomeus: highlands of western and southeastern Ethiopia
Anthus cinnamomeus lynesi: southeastern Nigeria to Cameroon and western Sudan (Darfur)
Anthus cinnamomeus itombwensis: eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Itombwe highlands and Mount Kabobo)
Anthus cinnamomeus stabilis: central and southeastern Sudan and eastern South Sudan
Anthus cinnamomeus annae: Eritrea to Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, eastern Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania
Anthus cinnamomeus lacuum: Kenya to southeastern Uganda and central Tanzania
Anthus cinnamomeus lichenya: northeastern Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania, and Mozambique
Anthus cinnamomeus bocagii: Angola to Botswana, Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique, and northern Cape Province
Anthus cinnamomeus spurium: northeastern Namibia to northern Botswana, southern Malawi, and southern Mozambique
Anthus cinnamomeus rufuloides: South Africa (except northwestern), Eswatini, and Lesotho lowlands
Anthus cinnamomeus eximius: Yemen
Anthus cinnamomeus grotei: salt pans of northern Namibia and northern Botswana
Anthus cinnamomeus camaroonensis: Cameroon (mounts Cameroon and Manenguba)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
African or Cameroon Pipit
French:
Pipit africain ou P. du Cameroun

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Grassland Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Grassland Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African or Cameroon Pipit ( Anthus [cinnamomeus or camaroonensis])
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: African Pipit ( Anthus cinnamomeus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Anthus [novaeseelandiae, australis, cinnamomeus, richardi or rufulus]

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