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Motacillidae.Pdf Motacillidae Forest Wagtail, Dendronanthus indicus Dendronanthus Gray Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla tschutschensis Madagascan Wagtail, Motacilla flaviventris Sao Tome Shorttail, Motacilla bocagii Cape Wagtail, Motacilla capensis Motacilla Mountain Wagtail, Motacilla clara Western Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola African Pied Wagtail, Motacilla aguimp White-browed Wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis Mekong Wagtail, Motacilla samveasnae White Wagtail, Motacilla alba Japanese Wagtail, Motacilla grandis Upland Pipit, Corydalla sylvana Australian Pipit, Corydalla australis New Zealand Pipit, Corydalla novaeseelandiae Corydalla Tawny Pipit, Corydalla campestris Berthelot’s Pipit, Corydalla berthelotii Richard’s Pipit, Corydalla richardi Paddyfield Pipit, Corydalla rufula Blyth’s Pipit, Corydalla godlewskii Plain-backed Pipit, Corydalla leucophrys Wood Pipit, Corydalla nyassae Long-billed Pipit, Corydalla similis African Pipit, Corydalla cinnamomea Malindi Pipit, Corydalla melindae Buffy Pipit, Corydalla vaalensis Long-legged Pipit, Corydalla pallidiventris Sokoke Pipit, Cinaedium sokokense Short-tailed Pipit, Cinaedium brachyurum Bushveld Pipit, Cinaedium caffrum Cinaedium Mountain Pipit, Cinaedium hoeschi Striped Pipit, Cinaedium lineiventre African Rock Pipit, Cinaedium crenatum Golden Pipit, Tmetothylacus tenellus Tm e t o t h y l a c u s Yellow-breasted Pipit, Hemimacronyx chloris Hemimacronyx Sharpe’s Longclaw, Hemimacronyx sharpei Abyssinian Longclaw, Macronyx flavicollis Fuelleborn’s Longclaw, Macronyx fuelleborni Cape Longclaw, Macronyx capensis Yellow-throated Longclaw, Macronyx croceus Macronyx Pangani Longclaw, Macronyx aurantiigula Rosy-throated Longclaw, Macronyx ameliae Grimwood’s Longclaw, Macronyx grimwoodi Sprague’s Pipit, Anthus spragueii Short-billed Pipit, Anthus furcatus Yellowish Pipit, Anthus lutescens Pampas Pipit, Anthus chacoensis Correndera Pipit, Anthus correndera South Georgia Pipit, Anthus antarcticus Ochre-breasted Pipit, Anthus nattereri Hellmayr’s Pipit, Anthus hellmayri Paramo Pipit, Anthus bogotensis Anthus Pechora Pipit, Anthus gustavi Alpine Pipit, Anthus gutturalis Madanga, Anthus “ruficollis” Nilgiri Pipit, Anthus nilghiriensis Tree Pipit, Anthus trivialis Olive-backed Pipit, Anthus hodgsoni Rosy Pipit, Anthus roseatus Red-throated Pipit, Anthus cervinus American Pipit / Buff-bellied Pipit, Anthus rubescens Meadow Pipit, Anthus pratensis Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta Eurasian Rock Pipit, Anthus petrosus Sources: Alstr¨om and Mild (2003), Alstr¨om et al. (2015), Odeen¨ and Bj¨orklund (2003), Outlaw and Voelker (2006b), Voelker (1999)..
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