Paddyfield Pipit Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Anthus richardi
Family : Motacillidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages, Grasslands
Description : The Paddyfield Pipit is a sleek, pale brown streaked terrestrial passerine (length 15 cm, weight 22 g, wing 8 cm, bill 1.6 cm, tarsus 2.6 cm, tail 5.8 cm approximately). It is almost entirely streaked blackish-brown on a buffy-brown background, except for its white belly. Its dark brown tail has white outer feathers, conspicuous in flight. The lores are pale, it has a buff supercilium, and dark sub-moustachial stripe. The flanks are buff. The upper mandible is dark horn and the lower mandible is flesh colour with a yellowish base and smoky tip. The irises are brown, legs and feet are fleshy-yellowish, claws are horn with a long hind claw. It feeds on insects, their larvae, seeds and vegetable matter. It breeds in March-July and nests in grass clumps and cattle footprints.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Euodice malabarica
(White‑rumped Munia) -
Motacilla alba
(Common Rosefinch) -
Lonchura striata
(Scaly‑breasted Munia) -
Anthus rufulus
(Blyth's Pipit) -
Ploceus manyar
(Baya Weaver) -
Anthus similis
(Western Yellow Wagtail) -
Motacilla cinerea
(Citrine Wagtail) -
Lonchura punctulata
(Tricoloured (Black‑headed) Munia) -
Anthus roseatus
(Richard's Pipit) -
Lonchura atricapilla
(House Sparrow)
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;photo credit: Kim (www.inaturalist.org/people/ Kim ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Stanislas Wroza(www.xeno-canto.org/Stanislas Wroza), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more 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;photo credit: Kim (www.inaturalist.org/people/ Kim ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Stanislas Wroza(www.xeno-canto.org/Stanislas Wroza), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.