Buffy Pipit
Widespread in Sub-Saharan
Africa...one listed as a subspecies
of the Plain-backed Pipit.
Anthus vaalensis
(L 6.5")
Masai Mara
22Oct2014
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.
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© Peter
Boesman
Macaulay
Library