The long-billed pipit or brown rock pipit is a passerine bird which has a wide distribution. A number of subspecies have been created for the populations in Africa, through the Arabian peninsula and South Asia. The systematics of this complex is yet to be clarified. Most birds are residents or short distance migrants. Source: Wikipedia
Geographic range:
Anthus bannermani : Mts. of sw Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, n Liberia to w Cameroon
Anthus similis similis : Peninsular India (Bombay to Karnataka and w Tamil Nadu)
Anthus similis travancoriensis : SW India
Anthus similis captus : Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine and w Jordan
Anthus similis jebelmarrae : Mts. of w and c Sudan
Anthus similis hararensis : highlands of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and northern Tanzania
Anthus similis chyuluensis : Kenya and n Tanzania
Anthus similis [dewittei or moco] : Highlands of e DRCongo, sw Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Angola
Anthus similis yamethini : C Myanmar
Anthus similis arabicus : SW, s and se Arabian Peninsula
Anthus similis nivescens : Mts. of se Egypt; coastal Red Sea in ne Sudan to n Kenya
Anthus similis sokotrae : Socotra I.
Anthus similis asbenaicus : S Sahara in c and e Mali and c Niger
Anthus similis decaptus : S Iran to w Pakistan; >nw India
Anthus similis jerdoni : Mts. of e Afghanistan to w Nepal; >n-c India, Bangladesh
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English: Long-billed or Bannermann's Pipit
French: Pipit à long bec ou P. de Bannerman
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Long-billed or Bannermann's Pipit ( Anthus [similis or bannermani] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Long-billed or Bannermann's Pipit ( Anthus [similis or bannermani] )
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Long-billed or Bannermann's Pipit ( Anthus [similis or bannermani] )
Clements, version 2021: Long-billed Pipit ( Anthus similis )
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eBird version 2021: Long-billed Pipit ( Anthus similis )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Long-billed Pipit ( Anthus similis )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Long-billed Pipit ( Anthus similis )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Long-billed Pipit ( Anthus similis )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Long-billed Pipit ( Anthus similis )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Long-billed Pipit ( Anthus similis )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Long-billed Pipit ( Anthus similis )
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Long-billed Pipit ( Anthus similis )
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Other synonyms
Afrikaans: Langbekkoester, Nicholsonkoester
Arabic: جشنة طويلة المنقار
Belarusian: Даўгадзюбы свірстун
Bulgarian: Дългоклюна бъбрица
Catalan: Piula becllarga, piula becuda
Czech: linduška dlouhozobá
Welsh: Corhedydd hirbig
Danish: Langnæbbet Piber
German: Langschnabelpieper
Greek: Μακρόραπμφη κελάδα
English: Long-billed or Bannermann's Pipit, Long-billed Pipit
English, HBW: Long-billed Pipit
English (IOC): Long-billed Pipit
English (Kenya): Long-billed Pipit
English (United States): Long-billed Pipit
Esperanto: Longbeka pipio
Spanish: Bisbita piquilargo
Spanish (Spain): Bisbita piquilargo
Estonian: nõlvakiur
Basque: Txirta mokoluze
Persian: پیپت نوک دراز, پیپت نوکدراز
Finnish: kalliokirvinen
French: Pipit à long bec, Pipit à long bec ou P. de Bannerman
Frisian: Langsnaffelpiper
Irish: Riabhóg fhadghobach
Galician: Pica de bico longo
Hebrew: פפיון הרים
Croatian: dugokljuna trepteljka
Hungarian: hosszúcsőrű pityer
Icelandic: Grjóttittlingur
Italian: Calandro beccolungo
Japanese: ハシナガビンズイ
Scientific: Anthus [similis or bannermani], Anthus similis, Anthus similis similis
Luxembourgish: Laangschniewelpiipsert
Lithuanian: ilgasnapis kalviukas
Latvian: garknābja čipste
Macedonian: Долгоклуна трептилка
Malayalam: പാറനിരങ്ങൻ
Nepali: लामोठू“डे चुइया“
Dutch: Langsnavelpieper
Norwegian: Langnebbpiplerke
Polish: świergotek długodzioby
Portuguese: petinha-de-bico-comprido
Portuguese (Portugal): petinha-de-bico-comprido
Rhaeto-Romance: Pivet dal bec lung
Romanian: Fâsă cu cioc lung
Russian: Длинноклювый конёк
Northern Sami: Guhkesnjuncivkkán
Slovak: ľabtuška dlhozobá
Slovenian: dolgokljuna cipa
Albanian: Drenja sqepgjatë
Serbian: Dugokljuna trepteljka
Swedish: långnäbbad piplärka
Turkish: Uzun gagalı incirkuşu
Ukrainian: щеврик довгодзьобий
Chinese: 长嘴鹨
Chinese (Traditional): 長嘴鷚