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THE AFRICAN PLAIN‐BACKED PIPITS—A CASE OF SIBLING SPECIES.
Author(s) -
White C. M. N.
Publication year - 1948
Publication title -
ibis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1474-919X
pISSN - 0019-1019
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1948.tb01716.x
Subject(s) - geography , sibling species , ecology , sibling , zoology , biology , sociology , anthropology
Summary. Evidence is adduced to show that two species of Plain‐backed Pipit occur in Africa with partially overlapping ranges, but with a considerable degree of ecological segregation. The races are denned, those of South and Central Africa being treated with rather fuller detail. The clines exhibited are described, and also a complex of hybrid populations of an unstable nature in Uganda and adjacent areas. Reasons are given why it is not advisable to include Anthus pallidiventris in either of these species on present knowledge.