Widespread in Sub-Saharan
               Africa...one listed as a subspecies
               of the Plain-backed Pipit.
          
         
            
               Anthus vaalensis
            
               (L 6.5")
          
         
         
            
               Lake Nakuru National Park
            
               31Oct2014
          
         
            
               Some friends are like birds, who never
               leave you when you are alone.
            
               (Gaurav GRV Sharma)
          
         
            
               Anthus is a small grassland bird
               mentioned by Pliny; vaalansis is after
               the River Vaal, Natal, South Africa.
          
         
         
            
               © Peter
               Boesman
            
               Macaulay
               Library