Wagtails, Pipits

Plain-backed Pipit

Anthus leucophrys

The Plain-backed Pipit (Anthus leucophrys) is a 25 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Wagtails, Pipits

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

25 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

22

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Botswana, Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, Namibia, eSwatini, Rwanda, Liberia, Gambia, Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Zimbabwe.

Where to see it: Tower Hill, Liberia, West Africa (Liberia); Bolanha Norte de Antula, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (11,901, -15,566) (Guinea-Bissau); Malolotja Nature Reserve (Eswatini); Wulki Farm (Liberia); Mt. Moco Reserve IBA (Angola).

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist