Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni [Richmond, 1907] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Motacillidae |
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BTO Codes:
OV, OLBPI
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EURING No: 10080 | |
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Number in Britain:
6 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
yunnanensis recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 26 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 21 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: anthos=a small grassland bird described by Aristotle and after Brian Hodgson (1800-94), English diplomat and naturalist |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: N&c Asia, WINTERS: s Asia |
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Habitat:
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Forest edge, birch woodland |
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Diet:
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Summer, insects, otherwise seeds, mostly from vegetated ground |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Skokholm, 1948
(Conder, P. 1979. British Birds 72:2-4)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
282
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Borders
(1991),
Fife
(2005),
Lothian
(2001),
Northeast
(2006),
Outer Hebrides
(2005),
Orkney
(2006),
Shetland
(2007),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2000),
Northumberland
(2001),
East Yorkshire
(2007),
North Yorkshire
(2003),
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Essex
(1994),
Lincolnshire
(2003),
Norfolk
(2007),
Suffolk
(2005),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1984),
Hampshire
(1999),
Kent
(1997),
Greater London
(1992),
East Sussex
(2003),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2004),
Devon
(1997),
Dorset
(1992),
Isles of Scilly
(2004),
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Wales:
Caernarfonshire
(2003),
Pembrokeshire
(2002),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Indian / Siberian Pipit | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Corhedydd Gwyrddgefn |
| Danish: Tajgapiber | Dutch: Groene boompieper |
| Finnish: Intiankirvinen | French: Pipit indien |
| German: Waldpieper | Hungarian: Tajga pityer |
| Icelandic: Skógtittlingur | Irish: Riabhóg Dhroimghlas |
| Italian: Prispolone indiano | Norwegian: Sibirpiplerke |
| Polish: Swiergotek tajgowy | Portuguese: Petinha-silvestre |
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Spanish:
Bisbita de Hodgson
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Swedish: Sibirisk piplärka |
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