Olive-backed Pipit
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Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Eravikulam National Park
1 Verified records at Eravikulam National 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 Eravikulam National Park

Nilgiri Pipit
VU Endemic

Nilgiri Pipit

Bird

Anthus nilghiriensis

10–20% · With luck
Grey Wagtail
LC Endemic

Grey Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla cinerea

20–30% · Possible
White-browed Wagtail
LC

White-browed Wagtail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Motacilla maderaspatensis

10–20% · With luck
Western Yellow Wagtail
LC

Western Yellow Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla flava

Insufficient data
Forest Wagtail
LC

Forest Wagtail

Bird

Dendronanthus indicus

Insufficient data
Red-whiskered Bulbul
LC

Red-whiskered Bulbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pycnonotus jocosus

80–90% · Very likely
Indian White-eye
LC Endemic

Indian White-eye

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Zosterops palpebrosus

50–60% · Likely
Indian Scimitar-Babbler
LC Endemic

Indian Scimitar-Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pomatorhinus horsfieldii

50–60% · Likely
Jungle Myna
LC

Jungle Myna

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Acridotheres fuscus

50–60% · Likely
Greenish Warbler
LC

Greenish Warbler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phylloscopus trochiloides

50–60% · Likely
Nilgiri Flowerpecker
LC Endemic

Nilgiri Flowerpecker

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dicaeum concolor

50–60% · Likely
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Olive-backed Pipit at Eravikulam National 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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