Richard's Pipit

Anthus richardi Vieillot, 1818

Richard's Pipit, Anthus richardi, is a passerine of the family Motacillidae that breeds across the Palearctic from se Russia to Kyrgyzstan and c, se China. In the nonbreeding season it is found in se Asia. It is a pipit of open grasslands and lowlands, and it is also recorded as a rare but regular vagrant in western Europe. The name honours the French naturalist Charles Richard. It was described by Vieillot in 1818.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Motacillidae — Wagtails, Pipits

Breeding range

Palearctic: se Russia to Kyrgyzstan and c, se China

Nonbreeding range

se Asia