bird · Passeriformes · Motacillidae

Buffy Pipit

Anthus vaalensis Shelley, 1900 — also called BUPI, Long-tailed Pipit. Occurrence records of the Buffy Pipit are shared on GBIF from around 7 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Rustenburg Natuurreservaat (149 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernMotacillidae

7reserves with records

304records around them

4provinces

LCIUCN category

Buffy Pipit (Anthus vaalensis) — Photo: Alandmanson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Rustenburg NatuurreservaatNature reserve	NW North West	149
Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	97
Mokala National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	40
Magaliesberg Biosphere ReserveBiosphere reserve	GP Gauteng	6
MotsetsiProtected heritage site	GP Gauteng	5
QwaQwa National ParkNational park	FS Free State	5
Boskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	2

By province

Northern Cape: 2 reserves
Gauteng: 2 reserves
North West: 2 reserves
Free State: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Scientific name: Anthus vaalensis
GBIF taxon: 2490265
Wikidata: Q2669742

More of the Motacillidae family

Cape Wagtail African Pipit African Pied Wagtail Cape Longclaw Yellow-throated Longclaw Mountain Wagtail Plain-backed Pipit Striped Pipit Nicholson's Pipit Long-billed Pipit African Rock Pipit Western Yellow Wagtail

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.