passerby-b

Is this a Rosy Pipit or a juvenile Olive-backed Pipit?

Long Valley, 17 March 2018 at 17:23 hours.
A6500 + Sigma MC11 + Canon 800 F5.6 lens @ F5.6, 1/160 sec., no EV Compensation

ddavid

Olive-backed Pipit (not a juvenile at this time of year). Note the greenish-tinged mantle with little streaking. Apart from other differences, Rosy Pipit would be browner and a lot more heavily streaked on the mantle. Rosy Pipit is also very rare in Hong Kong.

[ Last edited by ddavid at 19/03/2018 10:51 ]

passerby-b

Thank you, Divid.