Pipit - Irish Rare Birds Committee

Smits, J.E. et al 2005. An Epizootic of Avian Pox in Endemic Short-toed Larks (Calandrellarufescens) and Berthelot's Pipits (Anthus berthelotti) in the Canary Islands, Spain. VeterinaryPathology 42(1): 59-65.Spurgin, L.G. et al 2011. Gene conversion rapidly generates major histocompatibility complexdiversity in recently founded bird populations. Molecular Ecology 20(24): 5213-5225.Spurgin, L.G. et al 2012. Biogeographical patterns and co-occurrence of pathogenic infection acrossisland populations of Berthelot’s pipit (Anthus berthelotii). Oecologia 168(3): 691-701.van den Berg, A. & de Wijs, W.J.R. 1980. Birding in the Madeiran Islands. Dutch Birding 2(1): 22-24(plate 16).Striped PipitAnthus lineiventris [Sundevall 1850, Mohapoani, Limpopo River, Botswana].W Angola and NW & W Tanzania, SE Kenya, SE DR Congo & W, E & S Zambia S to NE Botswana,Zimbabwe, N, W & S Mozambique and E Botswana E to NE South Africa & W Swaziland and coastalE South Africa.Treated by del Hoyo et al 2004 to be polytypic with races lineiventris & stygium.Davies, G.B.P. 2011. Additions, deletions and corrections to the breeding avifauna of KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa, with comments on average clutch size trends and demographic influences. Annals ofthe Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 1: 133-164.Masterson, A.N.B. & Child, G.F.T. 1959: Ornithological notes on an expedition to the ChimanimaniMountains. Ostrich 30(1): 22-32.Snell, M.L. 1963. Birds at 7,000 feet in an area of montane grassland on the eastern border ofSouthern Rhodesia. Ostrich 34(1): 36-39.African Rock PipitAnthus crenatus [Finsch & Hartlaub 1870, near Cape Town, South Africa].S & E Northern Cape E in mountains to Mpumalanga (NE South Africa), W Swaziland & DrakensbergMts (Lesotho) and along the lower R Orange (NC Northern Cape).Other name: Yellow-tufted Pipit.De Swardt, D.H. 2002. Notes on breeding biology of the Rock Pipit Anthus crenatus. Ostrich 73: 170-171.De Swardt, D.H. 2006. Singing behaviour and perch use by male African Rock Pipits Anthuscrenatus. Navors. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 22: 129-144.De Swardt, D.H. Individual and inter-population variation in African Rock Pipit Anthus crenatus songs,pp. 73-80. Found in: Harebottle, D.M. et al (eds.) 2010. Proceedings of the 12th Pan-AfricanOrnithological Congress, 2008. Cape Town, Animal Demography Unit.Short-tailed PipitAnthus brachyurus [Sundevall 1850, upper Umlaas River, near Durban, South Africa].[A.b. brachyurus] SC Mozambique, Mpumalanga & KwaZulu-Natal (NE South Africa) & E Lesotho.[A.b. leggei] Isolated populations in E DR Congo, SW Uganda, Rwanda, N Burundi & extreme NWTanzania and SE Gabon & S PR Congo thru W & S DR Congo S to NE Angola and N & C Zambiaand It is also possible this is the form occurring in S Tanzania.Allan, D.G. & Harris, T. 1984. Rock Pipit breeding in the Transvaal. Wits Bird Club News 124: 2.Clancey, P.A. 1985. Subspeciation in Anthus brachyurus Sundevall, 1850. Bulletin of the BritishOrnithologists’ Club 105: 133-135.Davies, G. et al 2003. Short-tailed Pipit breeding at Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve. KZN Birds 4:22-23.Davies, G.B.P & Christian, M.B. 2006. Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus (Aves: Motacillidae)breeding data from Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. DurbanMuseum Novitates 31: 37-41.Donnelly, B.G. 1982. First record of the Short-tailed Pipit in Zimbabwe. Honeyguide 110: 45.Harrison, E. 1965. Short-tailed Pipits at Nyalazi. Natal Bird Club News Sheet 126: 5.Siegfried, W.R. et al 1976. Rare and vulnerable birds in South Africa. Biological Conservation 10(2):83-93.27