Nicholson's Pipit

When to see the Nicholson's Pipit

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Nicholson's Pipit

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Botswana.

About the Nicholson's Pipit

Nicholson's pipit is a small passerine bird belonging to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae. It was formerly included with the long-billed pipit but is now frequently treated as a separate species. It is a bird found in southern Africa. They are non-migratory.

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Easily confused with

Upland PipitAnthus sylvanusThe upland pipit is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. Short-billed PipitAnthus furcatusThe short-billed pipit is 14 to 14.5 cm (5.5 to 5.7 in) long and weighs about 20 g (0.71 oz). Nilgiri PipitAnthus nilghiriensisThe Nilgiri pipit is about 12.6–14 centimetres (5.0–5.5 in) long and is richly coloured, has dark lores, a buff supercilium and throat.