Olive-backed Pipit
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Coastal scrub (autumn vagrant).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Plain olive back.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Where to see it
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Similar birds
- Richard's Pipit · Coastal (autumn vagrant)
- Blyth's Pipit · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Buff-bellied Pipit · Coastal grass (vagrant)
- Long-billed Pipit · Open ground (extreme vagrant)
- Pechora Pipit · Outer-isle scrub (very rare)
- Tawny Pipit · Open ground (rare vagrant)
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