| Richard's pipit | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Motacillidae |
| Genus: | Anthus |
| Species: | A. richardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthus richardi Vieillot, 1818
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Richard's pipit (Anthus richardi) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in the East Palearctic. It is a long-distance migrant moving to open lowlands in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is a rare but regular vagrant to western Europe.
The genus name Anthus is the Latin name for a small bird of grasslands. The English name and richardi are for the French naturalist Charles Richard (1745–1835), director of postal services at Lunéville and friend of Francois Levaillant.[2][3]
It belongs to the pipit genus Anthus in the family Motacillidae. It was formerly lumped together with the Australasian, African, mountain and paddyfield pipits in a single species: Richard's pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae. These pipits are now commonly considered to be separate species although the African and paddyfield pipits are sometimes treated as part of A. richardi.
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Anthus richardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T103821389A155458715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T103821389A155458715.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. pp. 49, 335. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Mearns, Richard; Gouraud, Christophe; Chevrier, Laurent (2015). "The identity of Richard of Richard's pipit (Anthus richardi Vieillot, 1818)". Archives of Natural History. 42 (1): 85–90. doi:10.3366/anh.2015.0281.