Classification

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

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Original description

Citation:
  (Jerdon, TC 1840)

Reference:
   Madras J. Lit. Sci. 11 p.35

Protonym:
  Agrodoma similis

Type locality:
  Jalna, Nilgiri Hills.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/176570#page/51/mode/1up

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Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  283DD7F9106A99E2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-283DD7F9

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/283DD7F9

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Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558667

Geographic range:

• Anthus similis similis: peninsular India (Bombay to Karnataka and western Tamil Nadu)
• Anthus similis travancoriensis: southwestern India
• Anthus similis captus: Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, and western Jordan
• Anthus similis jebelmarrae: mountains of western and central Sudan
• Anthus similis hararensis: highlands of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and northern Tanzania
• Anthus similis chyuluensis: Kenya and northern Tanzania
• Anthus similis [dewittei or moco]: highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Angola
• Anthus similis yamethini: central Myanmar
• Anthus similis arabicus: southwestern, southern, and southeastern Arabian Peninsula
• Anthus similis nivescens: mountains of southeastern Egypt; coastal Red Sea in northeastern Sudan to northern Kenya
• Anthus similis sokotrae: Socotra
• Anthus similis asbenaicus: southern Sahara in central and eastern Mali and central Niger
• Anthus similis decaptus: southern Iran to western Pakistan; winters to northwestern India
• Anthus similis jerdoni: mountains of eastern Afghanistan to western Nepal; winters to north-central India and Bangladesh
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