Olive-backed Pipit
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Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Kinabalu Park
3 Verified records at Kinabalu Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park

Oriental Pipit
LC

Oriental Pipit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Anthus rufulus

<5% · Rare
Pechora Pipit
LC

Pechora Pipit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anthus gustavi

Insufficient data
Grey Wagtail
LC Endemic

Grey Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla cinerea

10–20% · With luck
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
LC

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla tschutschensis

<5% · Rare
Bornean Treepie
LC

Bornean Treepie

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Dendrocitta cinerascens

70–80% · Very likely
Indigo Flycatcher
LC

Indigo Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Eumyias indigo

60–70% · Likely
Yellow-breasted Warbler

Yellow-breasted Warbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Seicercus montis

60–70% · Likely
Black-capped White-eye
LC

Black-capped White-eye

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Zosterops atricapilla

60–70% · Likely
Temminck's Sunbird
LC

Temminck's Sunbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aethopyga temminckii

60–70% · Likely
Mountain Leaf Warbler
LC

Mountain Leaf Warbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Phylloscopus trivirgatus

60–70% · Likely
Bornean Whistler
LC

Bornean Whistler

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Pachycephala hypoxantha

60–70% · Likely
Chestnut-crested Yuhina
LC

Chestnut-crested Yuhina

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Staphida everetti

60–70% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Olive-backed Pipit at Kinabalu Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
30–40%
2 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
30–40%
3 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
20–30%
4 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
5 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
10–20%
6 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
7 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
8 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
10–20%
9 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
10 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
11 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
12 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
13 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
14 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
15 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
16 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
17 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
18 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
19 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
20 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
21 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
<5%
22 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
23 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
24 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
25 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
26 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
27 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
28 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
29 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
30 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
31 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
32 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
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