A photo of a Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
Olive-backed Pipit

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

The olive-backed pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) is a small passerine bird of the pipit (Anthus) genus, which breeds across southern, north central and eastern Asia, as well as in the north-eastern European Russia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to southern Asia and Indonesia. Sometimes it is also called Indian pipit or Hodgson's pipit, as well as tree pipit owing to its resemblance with the tree pipit. However, its back is more olive-toned and less streaked than that species, and its head pattern is different with a better-marked supercilium. The genus name Anthus is from Latin and is the name for a small bird of grasslands. The specific hodgsoni commemorates English diplomat and collector Brian Houghton Hodgson.
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Chonseng N Sangma
Wednesday 22 Mar 2023 - 8:51am
India
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Matt Last
Thursday 02 Feb 2023 - 2:46pm
Thailand
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Philippe S
Saturday 14 Jan 2023 - 5:10am
China
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Lucas Corneliussen
Tuesday 10 Jan 2023 - 2:15pm
Thailand
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