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Scientific Name : Dendronanthus indicus
Family : Motacillidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Bushes
Description : The Tree Pipit is a small, sleek, streaky brown terrestrial passerine with white belly (length 15 cm, weight 22.5g, wing 8.7 cm, bill 1.4 cm, tarsus 2 cm, tail 6 cm approximately). Th upperparts are plae olive-brown streaked with dark brown. The greater coverts, tertials and secondaries have buffish borders, and the tail has white outer feathers. It has a buffish-white supercilium with dark upper edge and indistinct dark eye-stripes. The breast is buff-yellow with heavy black streaking, and the belly is white. It feeds on insects, seeds and berries. It breeds in Siberia and the western Himalayas in May-July and usually nests in grass tufts or natural hollows under stones.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Anthus cervinus
(Rosy Pipit) -
Lonchura atricapilla
(House Sparrow) -
Motacilla flava
(Grey Wagtail) -
Anthus richardi
(Paddyfield Pipit) -
Motacilla citreola
(Eastern Yellow Wagtail) -
Anthus campestris
(Long‑billed Pipit) -
Anthus godlewskii
(Tawny Pipit) -
Euodice malabarica
(White‑rumped Munia) -
Anthus roseatus
(Richard's Pipit) -
Motacilla cinerea
(Citrine Wagtail)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Vijay Anand Ismavel(www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Vijay Anand Ismavel(www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.