Wagtails, Pipits

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

The Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) is a 21 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Wagtails, Pipits

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

21 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

32

Recorded in India, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Japan, Bhutan, Russia, Netherlands, Mongolia, Vietnam, Sweden, Myanmar, Norway, Bangladesh, United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos, Germany, Israel, Denmark, MO, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy.

Where to see it: Taedongmun Park (Dem. Rep. Korea); Chelela (Bhutan); 어청도(Eocheong-do (island)) (Republic of Korea); Munsu Dong Hill (Dem. Rep. Korea); Pelela (Bhutan).

Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist