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Plain-backed Pipit

Anthus leucophrys Vieillot, LJP 1818

The plain-backed pipit or plain pipit is a medium-sized passerine bird which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Motacillidae
Genus:
   Anthus
Scientific:
  Anthus leucophrys

Original description

Citation:
  Vieillot, LJP 1818

Reference:
   Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 26 p.502

Protonym:
  Anthus leucophrys

Type locality:
  Cape of Good Hope.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18046646

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  ECC3F122FD09C14F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-ECC3F122

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/ECC3F122

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558652

Geographic range:

  • Anthus leucophrys leucophrys: Mozambique to Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa
  • Anthus leucophrys ansorgei: S Mauritania to Senegambia and Guinea-Bissau
  • Anthus leucophrys zenkeri: southern Mali and Guinea to southwestern Sudan and South Sudan south to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and northwestern Tanzania
  • Anthus leucophrys gouldii: Sierra Leone to Liberia and Ivory Coast
  • Anthus leucophrys omoensis: southeastern Sudan, eastern South Sudan, Eritrea, and northern and western Ethiopia
  • Anthus leucophrys tephridorsus: S Angola to sw Zambia, ne Namibia and nw Botswana
  • Anthus leucophrys bohndorffi: Angola to s Democratic Republic of the Congo, se Gabon, Zambia, n Malawi and Tanzania
  • Anthus leucophrys goodsoni: C and sw Kenya to extreme n Tanzania
  • Anthus leucophrys saphiroi: SE Ethiopia and nw Somalia
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Plain-backed Pipit
Catalan:
piula llisa
Czech:
linduška hnědohřbetá
Danish:
Afrikansk Storpiber
German:
Braunrückenpieper
Spanish:
Bisbita Liso
Spanish (Spain):
Bisbita liso
Finnish:
sänkikirvinen
French:
Pipit à dos uni
Croatian:
savanska trepteljka
Hungarian:
barnahátú pityer
Italian:
Pispola dorsouniforme
Japanese (romaji):
chairotahibari
Japanese:
チャイロタヒバリ
Lithuanian:
Vienspalvis kalviukas
Dutch:
Bruinrugpieper
Norwegian:
Brannpiplerke
Polish:
świergotek gładki
Portuguese:
petinha-de-dorso-liso
Portuguese (Portugal):
petinha-de-dorso-liso
Russian:
Буроспинный конёк
Slovak:
ľabtuška hnedochrbtá
Swedish:
brunryggig piplärka
Ukrainian:
щеврик-велет
Chinese:
纯背鹨
Chinese (Traditional):
純背鷚

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pipit à dos uni ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pipit à dos uni ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Clements, version 2019:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Anthus leucophrys [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 3]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Plain-backed Pipit ( Anthus leucophrys) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Anthus leucophrys [version 3]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Anthus leucophrys [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Anthus [leucophrys or vaalensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Donkerkoester
Belarusian: Бураспiнны свірстун
Catalan: piula llisa
Czech: Linduška hnedohrbetá, linduška hnědohřbetá
Welsh: Corhedydd aelwyn
Danish: Afrikansk Storpiber, Brunrygget Piber
German: Braunrückenpieper
English: Plain backed Pipit, Plainbacked Pipit, Plain-backed Pipit
English, HBW: Plain-backed Pipit
English (IOC): Plain-backed Pipit
English (Kenya): Plain-backed Pipit
English (United States): Plain-backed Pipit
Esperanto: Senmarka pipio
Spanish: Bisbita de Lomo Descolorido, Bisbita Liso
Spanish (Spain): Bisbita liso
Spanish (HBW): Plain-backed Pipit
Estonian: kõrrekiur
Finnish: Sänkikirvinen
French: Pipit à dos non strié, Pipit à dos roux, Pipit à dos uni
Frisian: Brúnrêchpiper
Galician: Pica lisa
Croatian: savanska trepteljka
Hungarian: Barnahatú pityer, barnahátú pityer
Italian: Calandro dai sopraccigli bianchi, Pispola dorsouniforme
Japanese (romaji): chairotahibari
Japanese: チャイロタヒバリ
Scientific: Anthus gouldii, Anthus leucophrys, Anthus leucophrys gouldii, Anthus leucophrys leucophrys, Anthus pyrrhonota
Lithuanian: Vienspalvis kalviukas
Latvian: Brūnmuguras čipste
Dutch: Bruinrugpieper
Norwegian: Brannpiplerke
Polish: swiergotek gladki, świergotek gładki
Portuguese: Petinha de dorso liso, Petinha-de-dorso-liso
Portuguese (Portugal): petinha-de-dorso-liso
Russian: Буроспинный гигантский конёк, Буроспинный конёк
Slovak: ľabtuška hnedochrbtá
Sotho, Southern: Tšase
Swedish: brunryggig piplärka, Gräspiplärka
Swahili: Kipimanjia Mgongo-mweupe
Turkish: Düz sırtlı incirkuşu, Düz Sırtlı İncirkuşu
Tsonga: Xihitagadzi
Ukrainian: щеврик-велет
Xhosa: Icelu
Chinese: 纯背鹨
Chinese (Traditional): 純背鷚
Zulu: umNgcelekeshu

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