Richard's pipit: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Richard's pipit lives – recorded in 30 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Anthus richardi
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	30 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Motacillidae

Where does the Richard's pipit live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Richard's pipit in 30 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Richard's pipit endangered?

The Richard's pipit’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Richard's pipit?

The Richard's pipit (Anthus richardi) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Motacillidae, genus Anthus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Richard's pipit

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.

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Richard's pipit (revision 1374482553), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q904790 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).