Template:Did you know nominations/Buffy pipit

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:32, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Buffy pipit

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... that the buffy pipit is often confused with the plain-backed pipit because both birds have plain upperparts? Source: "Field identification of the larger pipits is extremely difficult and all species are frequently confused, especially the sibling species with plain upperparts: the Plainbacked A. leucophrys and Buffy Pipits." [1]
- ALT1:... that the buffy pipit is difficult to distinguish from the plain-backed pipit because both birds have plain upperparts? Source: same source

Reviewed: Diploastrea heliopora

5x expanded by Gulumeemee (talk). Self-nominated at 04:06, 19 December 2016 (UTC).

written neutrally, expanded enough, big enough, no copyvio detected, sourced, hook true to source, review done, good to go. (NB: either hook is ok really) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:09, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

If you want more than a handful of readers to understand the hook, please replace "both" or "both species" with "both birds". —Patrug (talk) 20:09, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

I replaced "both" and "both species" with "both birds". Gulumeemee (talk) 23:55, 30 December 2016 (UTC)