Pipit ID? Cumilla, Bangladesh, Dec 2024-Jan 2025 (1 Viewer)

[maj.sujan]

Multiple pipits photographed during December 2024 and January 2025 at Cumilla, Bangladesh.

 

[dwatsonbirder]

0428 looks like Rosy pipit (dark bill, long buff super flaring over the eye, heavy dark markings on the mantle, oddly small head relative to body).
0072 is Olive-backed.
The rest are Paddyfield/Richard's/Blyth's complex.

 

[maj.sujan]

0428 looks like Rosy pipit (dark bill, long buff super flaring over the eye, heavy dark markings on the mantle, oddly small head relative to body).
0072 is Olive-backed.
The rest are Paddyfield/Richard's/Blyth's complex.

Thank you! Pipits are difficult to ID and trying to consult ID books didn't help me much for pipits I haven't seen before.
Can I tell the paddyfield/Richard's/Blyth's separately from these photos?
If yes, could you or anyone else watching this thread explain the field notes? TIA

 

[johnallcock]

0390, 0389, 0293 and 0217 also look like Rosy Pipits to me.

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Thank you! Pipits are difficult to ID and trying to consult ID books didn't help me much for pipits I haven't seen before.
Can I tell the paddyfield/Richard's/Blyth's separately from these photos?
If yes, could you or anyone else watching this thread explain the field notes? TIA

Birdguides produce a number of very good (and easy to follow) identification summaries, I rate these quite highly and are excellent for revision - though best noted these are from a UK perspective. There is a helpful one on separation of Richard's and Blyth's here. In addition, Dave Bakewell's blog is a cornucopia of knowledge on Asian birds, with the pertinent page here.

Hope this helps!

 

[maj.sujan]

Birdguides produce a number of very good (and easy to follow) identification summaries, I rate these quite highly and are excellent for revision - though best noted these are from a UK perspective. There is a helpful one on separation of Richard's and Blyth's here. In addition, Dave Bakewell's blog is a cornucopia of knowledge on Asian birds, with the pertinent page here.

Hope this helps!

Thank you!

 

[maj.sujan]

The webpages are quite helpful, thanks! I have created some powerpoint slides featuring my observation using the information.
Although I have realised pretty soon that even after staring at the photos for a while and reading the field marks, it can get very confusing for a beginner.
I would appreciate any feedback on my notes (especially if I made any gross mistake).