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Plain-backed Pipit / Anthus leucophrys LC
- Synonyms Plainbacked Pipit, Plain backed Pipit
- Old latin name for bird Anthus gouldii, Anthus pyrrhonota
Plain-backed Pipitbird sounds *
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
Related species
Nicholson's Pipit
Correndera Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
South Georgia Pipit
Yellowish Pipit
Siberian Pipit
Wood Pipit
Where to see Plain-backed Pipit
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Plain-backed Pipit subspecies (9)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthus leucophrys ansorgei | s Mauritania to Guinea-Bissau | - | No |
| Anthus leucophrys bohndorffi | se Gabon and n, c Angola to w Tanzania and n Malawi | - | No |
| Anthus leucophrys goodsoni | c, sw Kenya and n Tanzania | - | No |
| Anthus leucophrys gouldii | Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast | - | No |
| Anthus leucophrys leucophrys | se Botswana and s Mozambique to e, s South Africa | - | No |
| Anthus leucophrys omoensis | n, c, w Ethiopia and se Sudan | - | No |
| Anthus leucophrys saphiroi | se Ethiopia and nw Somalia | - | No |
| Anthus leucophrys tephridorsus | s Angola and ne Namibia to sw Zambia and nw Botswana | - | No |
| Anthus leucophrys zenkeri | s Mali and Guinea to s Sudan, w Kenya, nw Tanzania and e DR Congo | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Donkerkoester |
| Belarusian | Бураспiнны свірстун |
| Catalan | piula llisa |
| Chinese | 纯背鹨 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 純背鷚 |
| Croatian | savanska trepteljka |
| Czech | linduška hnědohřbetá, Linduška hnedohrbetá |
| Danish | Brunrygget Piber, Afrikansk Storpiber |
| Dutch | Bruinrugpieper |
| Esperanto | Senmarka pipio |
| Estonian | kõrrekiur |
| Finnish | sänkikirvinen |
| French | Pipit à dos non strié, Pipit à dos uni, Pipit à dos roux |
| Frisian | Brúnrêchpiper |
| Galician | Pica lisa |
| German | Braunrückenpieper |
| Hungarian | barnahátú pityer, Barnahatú pityer |
| Italian | Pispola dorsouniforme, Calandro dai sopraccigli bianchi |
| Japanese | チャイロタヒバリ |
| Latvian | Brūnmuguras čipste |
| Lithuanian | vienspalvis kalviukas |
| Norwegian | brannpiplerke |
| Polish | świergotek gładki, swiergotek gladki |
| Portuguese | petinha-de-dorso-liso, Petinha de dorso liso |
| Russian | Буроспинный гигантский конёк, Буроспинный конёк |
| Slovak | ľabtuška hnedochrbtá |
| Spanish | Bisbita liso, Bisbita de Lomo Descolorido |
| Swahili | Kipimanjia Mgongo-mweupe |
| Swedish | Gräspiplärka, brunryggig piplärka |
| Tsonga | Xihitagadzi |
| Turkish | Düz Sırtlı İncirkuşu, Düz sırtlı incirkuşu |
| Ukrainian | щеврик-велет |
| Welsh | Corhedydd aelwyn |
| Xhosa | Icelu |
| Zulu | umNgcelekeshu |