The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Afranthus

(Motacillidae; syn. Anthus † Short-tailed Pipit A. brachyurus) L. Afer, Afra   African  < Africa  Africa; genus Anthus Bechstein, 1805, pipit; "The second I would place in another new genus, AFRANTHUS, type A. brachyurus Sundevall, characterised by having the tail shorter than in any other Pipit, only about two-thirds of the length of the wing; colour rather darker above than Caffranthus, and the underparts slightly streaked on the chest." (A. Roberts 1922); "Afranthus A. Roberts, 1922, Annals Transvaal Mus., VIII (4), p. 256.  Type, by original designation, Anthus brachyurus Sundevall, 1851." (JAJ 2020) (see Caffranthus).


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