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Anthus similis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AVES PASSERIFORMES MOTACILLIDAE

Scientific Name: Anthus similis
Species Authority: Jerdon, 1840
Common Name/s:
English – Long-billed Pipit
French – Pipit à long bec
Taxonomic Notes: Anthus similis, A. bannermani, A. nyassae with the southern populations previously ascribed to A. latistriatus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into A. similis following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993). The northern populations of A. latistriatus are lumped with A. richardi also following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2012
Assessor/s: BirdLife International
Reviewer/s: Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
Contributor/s:
Justification:
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
History:
2009 – Least Concern
2008 – Least Concern
2004 – Least Concern
1988 – Not Recognized

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Afghanistan; Angola (Angola); Bangladesh; Botswana; Burundi; Cameroon; Chad; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kenya; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; Niger; Nigeria; Oman; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Swaziland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; United Arab Emirates; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Vagrant:
Cyprus
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Population [top]

Population: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally frequent (del Hoyo et al. 2004).
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Anthus similis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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