Olive-backed Pipit
Anthus hodgsoni
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusAnthus (Pipits)
- SpeciesAnthus hodgsoni (Olive-backed Pipit)
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 →
30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Olive-backed Pipit sighting in Langtang National Park, based on 117 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Langtang National Park
Rosy Pipit
Anthus roseatus
Upland Pipit
Anthus sylvanus
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
White-browed Wagtail
Motacilla maderaspatensis
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus
Streaked Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron lineatum
Rufous Sibia
Heterophasia capistrata
Green-backed Tit
Parus monticolus
Grey-hooded Warbler
Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
Blue-fronted Redstart
Phoenicurus frontalis
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Olive-backed Pipit in Langtang National Park?
About 34% of wildlife watchers report a Olive-backed Pipit sighting in Langtang National Park, based on 117 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Olive-backed Pipit in Langtang National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Olive-backed Pipit in Langtang National Park in our monthly data.