Avibase: Anthus leucophrys (Plain-backed Pipit)

Plain-backed Pipit

Anthus leucophrys Vieillot, LJP 1818

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Gabriel Jamie	2024-03-25	, Southern (Zambia)	-	618483008 macaulaylibrary.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys zenkeri	Oliver Fowler	2022-10-07	Near Keekorok stream, Mara, Narok County, Narok (Kenya) (1600 m)	song - Bird singing from top of low bush, about 1 metre. Recording extracted from camera video. Amplified and high pass filters applied using Audacity.	774295 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Dries Van de Loock	2024-09-04	Mkushi, Central Province, Mkushi (Zambia) (1200 m)	song - from ground	932716 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Andrew Spencer	2015-01-04	, Oromia (Ethiopia)	-	31367161 macaulaylibrary.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Peter Boesman	2015-12-13	Liben plain, Oromia (Ethiopia)	song - [sono]	299953 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Eric francois Roualet	2018-02-23	, Ashanti (Ghana)	-	203938871 macaulaylibrary.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Dries Van de Loock	2021-08-01	Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Mpika (Zambia) (1500 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	682080 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Peter Boesman	2022-06-23	Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kanungu (Uganda)	song - Song perched and in flight	739385 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	2023-11-12	Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality (near Ntwane), Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, Groblersdal (South Africa) (1100 m)	song - [also] [sono]	841875 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Peter Boesman	2019-09-18	Nyachisala Forest, Kakoma, Mwinilunga, Northwestern Province, North-Western (Zambia)	call - [also] [sono]	508701 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys saphiroi	Andrew Spencer	2015-01-04	Liben Plain, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1600 m)	call - calls from a bird flushing in front of me on an open, overgrazed plain. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	276882 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	GARY DOUGLAS	2025-08-09	, Central (Zambia)	-	640311001 macaulaylibrary.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Glen Chapman	2018-03-22	Maasai Mara NR (general), Rift Valley, Kenya, Rift Valley (Kenya)	- This bird was seen as I recorded it - "the little bird on the rock"	127087221 macaulaylibrary.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys saphiroi	Andrew Spencer	2015-01-04	Liben Plain, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1600 m)	call - calls from a bird flushing in front of me on an open, overgrazed plain. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	276883 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	julien Birard	2024-04-02	Ntsinankio, Ngabe, Pool, Ngabé (Republic of the Congo) (460 m)	call, flight call - [sono]	947048 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Peter Boesman	2022-06-23	, Western (Uganda)	-	468270471 macaulaylibrary.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Peter Boesman	2016-09-13	Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia)	song - [sono]	338924 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Hans Matheve	2024-08-19	Chobe River, Muchenje, Chobe (Botswana) (950 m)	call - [sono]	962192 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys zenkeri	James and David Bradley	2012-02-20	Gembe Hills, Homa Bay (Kenya) (1500 m)	flight call, song - An unusual variation of the typical song of this species from an apparently disjunct population, also unusually boldy marked. It is slower and less structured with notes more random than normal birds in central Kenya. This recording closely matches a recording in the Macaulay Library (#23695) of an unidentified pipit in the Taita Hills. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	209314 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys gouldii	Étienne Leroy	2016-02-14	Adiaké, Sud-Comoé, Sud-Comoé (Côte d'Ivoire) (10 m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	304956 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys goodsoni	Rory Nefdt	2018-03-18	Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru (Kenya) (1800 m)	juvenile, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	407046 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	James Bradley	2020-02-29	Kakamega Forest (main road), Western, Kenya, Western (former) (Kenya)	-	300071881 macaulaylibrary.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys gouldii	Bram Piot	2015-08-24	Wulki Farm, Careysburg, Montserrado, Montserrado (Liberia) (30 m)	call - First 3 calls are on take-off after I flushed this bird; subsequent calls are made when perched on ground, in short grass bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	270249 xeno-canto.org
Plain-backed Pipit - Anthus leucophrys	Peter Boesman	2019-09-18	Nyachisala Forest, Kakoma, Mwinilunga, Northwestern Province, North-Western (Zambia)	call - [also] [sono]	508700 xeno-canto.org

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