Avibase: Anthus nicholsoni (Nicholson's Pipit)

Nicholson's Pipit

Anthus nicholsoni Sharpe, RB 1884

Nicholson's pipit is a small passerine bird belonging to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae. It was formerly included with the long-billed pipit but is now frequently treated as a separate species. It is a bird found in southern Africa. They are non-migratory. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
Sharpe, RB 1884

Reference:
Birds S. Afr. [Layard] n. ed. ed.2 p.536

Protonym:
Anthus nicholsoni

Type locality:
Sigonell, Vaal River.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49443#page/596/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
3A1FA0A7C9179D3D

Avibase ID:
avibase-3A1FA0A7

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3A1FA0A7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 920907

Geographic range:

Anthus nicholsoni: lowland to montane arid veld, stony scrub, or rocky woodland from southwest Angola and western Namibia to southeastern Botswana and southern Zimbabwe (excluding Kalahari Desert), and southward to South Africa (eastward to Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal), plus Lesotho and Eswatini
Anthus nicholsoni nicholsoni: southeastern Botswana and northeastern South Africa
Anthus nicholsoni primarius: southern South Africa (southern Western Cape to northern Eastern Cape)
Anthus nicholsoni petricolus: Lesotho and eastern South Africa
Anthus nicholsoni palliditinctus: far southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia
Anthus nicholsoni leucocraspedon: western and southern Namibia and southwestern South Africa
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Nicholson's Pipit
Afrikaans:
Nicholsonkoester
Arabic:
جُشْنَةٌ نِيكُولْسُونيّة
Bulgarian:
Капска бъбрица
Catalan:
piula de Nicholson
Czech:
linduška Nicholsonova
Danish:
Kalahari Piber
German:
Nicholsonpieper
Esperanto:
sudafrika pipio
Spanish:
Bisbita Sudafricano
Spanish (Spain):
Bisbita sudafricano
French:
Pipit de Nicholson
Hebrew:
פפיון הרים (סאהל)
Dutch:
Nicholsons Pieper
Norwegian:
langnebbpiplerke (nicholsoni gr.)
Polish:
świergotek płowopióry
Portuguese:
petinha-sul-africana
Portuguese (Portugal):
petinha-de-nicholson
Russian:
Южноафриканский конёк
Slovak:
ľabtuška pustatinná
Serbian:
Južnoafrička dugokljuna trepteljka
Swedish:
nicholsonpiplärka
Turkish:
Nicholson İncirkuşu
Ukrainian:
щеврик світлоперий
Chinese:
博茨瓦纳长嘴鹨

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 4]
eBird version 2022: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 4]
eBird version 2023: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 4]
eBird version 2024: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 4]
eBird version 2025: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 4]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Nicholson's Pipit ( Anthus nicholsoni) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Anthus [similis, nicholsoni or bannermani] (sensu lato) by some authors

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