Record details

:   20520
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530AB
Observer:   McCutcheon Ian
Date of record:   2015-08-14
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Possible Long-billed Pipit. No white on outer tail feathers. Streaky back. Facial markings are not very pronounced. Right habitat for long-billed pipit. Only on viewing photographs did I consider Striped Pipit
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   13634
Species name:   Anthus nicholsoni
Common name:   Nicholson's Pipit
Family:   Motacillidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Long-billed Pipit
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-20520
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Flatish head (looking pointed), thick neck and legs looking short, point towards Long-billed Pipit (not African Pipit)
Date:   2017-08-29 14:12:53
Species name:   Anthus similis -- Long-billed Pipit; Nicholsonse Koester
Species code:   693

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