Olive-backed Pipit
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Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Nikko National Park
63 Verified records at Nikko National Park
July Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 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 →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Olive-backed Pipit sighting in Nikko National Park, based on 63 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Nikko National Park

White Wagtail
LC

White Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla alba

40–50% · Likely
Grey Wagtail
LC Endemic

Grey Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla cinerea

40–50% · Likely
Japanese Wagtail
LC

Japanese Wagtail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Motacilla grandis

10–20% · With luck
Cinereous Tit

Cinereous Tit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Parus cinereus

70–80% · Very likely
Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

60–70% · Likely
Japanese Bush Warbler
LC

Japanese Bush Warbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Horornis diphone

60–70% · Likely
Coal Tit
LC Endemic

Coal Tit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Periparus ater

60–70% · Likely
Long-tailed Tit
LC Endemic

Long-tailed Tit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aegithalos caudatus

50–60% · Likely
Willow Tit
LC Endemic

Willow Tit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Poecile montanus

50–60% · Likely
Brown-eared Bulbul
LC

Brown-eared Bulbul

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Hypsipetes amaurotis

40–50% · Likely
Eurasian Jay
LC Endemic

Eurasian Jay

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Garrulus glandarius

40–50% · Likely
Eurasian Nuthatch
LC

Eurasian Nuthatch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sitta europaea

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
5–10
Feb
5–10
Mar
5–10
Apr
10–20
May
20–30
Jun
20–30
Jul
20–30
Aug
20–30
Sep
10–20
Oct
5–10
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Olive-backed Pipit in Nikko National Park?

About 16% of wildlife watchers report a Olive-backed Pipit sighting in Nikko National Park, based on 63 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Olive-backed Pipit in Nikko National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Olive-backed Pipit in Nikko National Park in our monthly data.

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