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Olive-backed pipit

(Anthus hodgsoni)

Description

Size: Sparrow+ (ca.15 cm) Appearance: Greenish brown streaked with darker brown above.Supercilium,double wingbar and outer rectrices whitish.Whitish to buff below streaked with dark brown on breast and flanks.Sexes alike. Habits: Seen singly or pairs.Runs about on the ground in search of food and flies up into trees when disturbed.Flight jerky and undulating. Call: Song lark-like and uttered on the wing,similar to the tree pipit,but faster and higher pitched.A single tseep or spek,also similar to the tree pipit. Food: Insects,grass and weed seeds. Food: Largely insects,but will also take seeds.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Motacillidae
Genus:Anthus
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