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Anthus hodgsoni (olive-backed pipit)
Venue: Chisopani, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date: November 20, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan |
Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Anthus
Species: A. hodgsoni
Binomial name: Anthus hodgsoni (Richmond, 1907)
Other Names: Olive-backed
pipit, Indian
pipit or Hodgson's pipit,
Special feature: The scientific name of this bird
commemorates the British ornithologist Brian Houghton Hodgson. (Source:
Wikipedia)