Wood Pipit
Anthus nyassaeNeumann, OR, 1906
English (US) Wood Pipit
The Wood Pipit (Anthus nyassae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Anthus nyassae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wood Pipit
- Described by
- Neumann, OR, 1906
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Anthus nyassae schoutedeni
- Anthus nyassae nyassae
- Anthus nyassae chersophilus
- Anthus nyassae frondicolus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Anthus nicholsoni nyassae
- Described by
- Neumann, OR, 1906
- Type locality
- between Sangesi and Songea, southern Tanganyika.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 54, no.2 p.233
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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