Richard's Pipit Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Anthus roseatus
Family : Motacillidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Grasslands
Description : The Richard’s Pipit is a sleek, brown terrestrial passerine with an upright stance, streaking, and a long tail and hind claw (length 17 cm, weight 27 g, wing 9.4 cm, bill 1.8 cm, tarsus 3 cm, tail 7 cm approximately). The adult is brown above with dark brown streaks, brown wings, pale fronged median wing-coverts with triangular shaped black centres, and a white edge to a dark tail. It has a white supercilium and lores, dark malar stripe, buff breast and flanks, white belly, and brown streaks on the breast. It feeds insects and their larvae from the ground or grass. It breeds in Siberia in April-July and nests in natural hollows on the ground among grass tussocks.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Dendronanthus indicus
(Tree Pipit) -
Motacilla alba
(Common Rosefinch) -
Ploceus manyar
(Baya Weaver) -
Anthus campestris
(Long‑billed Pipit) -
Amandava amandava
(Indian Silverbill) -
Motacilla citreola
(Eastern Yellow Wagtail) -
Motacilla tschutschensis
(White‑browed Wagtail) -
Motacilla cinerea
(Citrine Wagtail) -
Anthus richardi
(Paddyfield Pipit) -
Anthus hodgsoni
(Red‑throated Pipit)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: markus lilje (www.inaturalist.org/people/markus lilje ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Peter Boesmanmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: markus lilje (www.inaturalist.org/people/markus lilje ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Peter Boesmanmore information, please contact us.