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Where does the Plain-backed Pipit live?

Anthus leucophrys has 38,178 records in 38 countries and territories, from 1859 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Plain-backed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit — Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMotacillidaeAnthus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 19,570
Kenya 5,781
Uganda 2,532
Nigeria 1,605
Tanzania 1,565
Botswana 1,131
Ghana 1,018
Zambia 890
Namibia 749
Ethiopia 748
Eswatini 394
Rwanda 380
Gambia 321
Liberia 313
Côte d'Ivoire 200
Angola 149
DR Congo 148
Senegal 137
Guinea-Bissau 120
Guinea 89
Cameroon 67
Zimbabwe 64
Gabon 39
Benin 35
Sierra Leone 28
Malawi 26
Lesotho 17
Togo 15
Central African Republic 13
Mozambique 13
Congo 5
South Sudan 5
Mali 4
Burundi 3
Mauritania 1
Sudan 1
Somalia 1
São Tomé & Príncipe 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.