Classified here in Clements 5th ed. (updated 2005) and Handbook of the Birds of the World (1992-2004). Sibley & Monroe 1996, Howard & Moore 2003, and the original Clements 5th ed., list as Macronyx sharpei. Sibley & Monroe 1993, Clements 4th ed., and CINFO 1993 have it as Anthus sharpei.