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Olive-backed pipit

Anthus hodgsoni · Family Motacillidae

Anthus hodgsoni

Family Motacillidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Motacillidae
GBIF occurrence records
164,675
Countries and territories with records
93
Olive-backed pipit
Jason Thompson · Olive-backed Pipit, Doi Ang Khang, Chiang Mai, Thailand.jpg · CC BY 2.0 · Jason Thompson · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.

About this species

This species has 164,675 occurrence records from 93 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (20.4%), Taiwan (18.9%), China (15.6%), Hong Kong (8.1%) and Thailand (5.8%); together they account for 68.9% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.055% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Anthus hodgsoni combines the genus name Anthus with the species epithet hodgsoni. The Warbla app catalog lists 44 species of the genus Anthus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anthus pratensis, Anthus trivialis and Anthus rubescens.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 68 species of the family Motacillidae. This species ranks 19th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Motacilla alba. Its record count is 51% of the family average (323,139). The family Motacillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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