Long-billed Pipit
Anthus similis
NENot Evaluated
- Family
- Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The long-billed pipit or brown rock pipit (Anthus similis) is a passerine bird which has a wide distribution. A number of subspecies have been created for the populations in Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula and South Asia. The systematics of this complex is yet to be clarified. Most birds are residents or short distance migrants.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- India
- Iran
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
- Zambia
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Long-billed pipit
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.