Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) - BirdLife species factsheet

Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	16,600,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	16,800,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common throughout most of its range (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	vagrant
Algeria	extant	native
Angola	extant	native
Austria	extant	native				yes
Bahrain	extant	native			yes
Bangladesh	extant	native
Belgium	extant	vagrant
Bhutan	extant	native
Botswana	extant	native
Brunei	extant	native
Bulgaria	extant	vagrant
Burundi	extant	native
Cambodia	extant	native
Cameroon	extant	native
Chad	extant	native
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes
Congo	extant	vagrant
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Cyprus	extant	native
Czechia	extant	vagrant
Denmark	extant	native				yes
Djibouti	extant	native
Egypt	extant	native
Eritrea	extant	native
Eswatini	extant	native
Ethiopia	extant	native
Finland	extant	vagrant
France	extant	vagrant
Germany	extant	vagrant
Greece	extant	vagrant
Guinea	extant	native
India	extant	native
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native			yes	yes
Iraq	extant	native				yes
Ireland	extant	vagrant
Israel	extant	native
Italy	extant	native
Japan	extant	native			yes	yes
Jordan	extant	native				yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Kenya	extant	native
Kuwait	extant	native				yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	uncertain		yes		yes
Laos	extant	native
Latvia	extant	vagrant
Lebanon	extant	vagrant				yes
Lesotho	extant	native
Libya	extant	native
Luxembourg	extant	vagrant
Malawi	extant	native
Malaysia	extant	native			yes
Mali	extant	native			yes	yes
Malta	extant	vagrant
Mauritania	extant	native
Mongolia	extant	native		yes
Montenegro	extant	vagrant
Morocco	extant	native
Mozambique	extant	native
Myanmar	extant	native
Namibia	extant	native
Nepal	extant	native
Netherlands	extant	vagrant
Niger	extant	uncertain				yes
Nigeria	extant	native
North Korea	extant	native		yes		yes
Norway	extant	vagrant
Oman	extant	native			yes	yes
Pakistan	extant	vagrant
Palestine	extant	uncertain				yes
Poland	extant	vagrant
Portugal	extant	native
Qatar	extant	vagrant
Russia	extant	native		yes	yes	yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	uncertain			yes	yes
Rwanda	extant	native
Saudi Arabia	extant	native				yes
Serbia	extant	vagrant
Slovakia	extant	native
Somalia	extant	native
South Africa	extant	native
South Korea	extant	native				yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Spain	extant	vagrant
Sri Lanka	extant	native
Sudan	extant	native
Sweden	extant	vagrant
Switzerland	extant	vagrant
Syria	extant	vagrant				yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native
Tajikistan	extant	uncertain				yes
Tanzania	extant	native
Thailand	extant	native
Tunisia	extant	native
Türkiye	extant	vagrant
Turkmenistan	extant	native				yes
Uganda	extant	native
United Arab Emirates	extant	native			yes	yes
United Kingdom	extant	native				yes
Uzbekistan	extant	uncertain				yes
Vietnam	extant	native
Western Sahara	extant	uncertain			yes	yes
Yemen	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native
Zimbabwe	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	major	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	major	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Subarctic	major	breeding
Grassland	Subarctic	major	non-breeding
Altitude	0 - 1800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 6300 m

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/richards-pipit-anthus-richardi on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.