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Is it just me or do the words regular and rare contradict each other? I think the sentence could be better worded.

It occurs every year, but in small numbers. jimfbleak 13:44, 22 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Hi Tannin - looking at this makes me wonder, is your photo at Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi, recently split from A. novaeseelandiae) this, or an Australasian Pipit (A. novaeseelandiae sensu stricto)? - MPF 16:51, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Damn it, MPF, I was flat out deciding it was a pipit, never mind the finer points. :) Those brownish grassland birds - there are about half a dozen of them - are hard! It would be A. novaeseelandiae, no doubt, as it was taken ony a few miles from Ballarat. Until now, I wasn't aware there was a difference. My field guides say "Australian(Richard's) Pipit" and I never thought to wonder why. Tannin 07:56, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Hi Tannin - thanks; I fear it may not be quite so simple, as although A. richardi breeds in Asia, it winters in Australia. So if your pic was taken between October-March, the possibility of A. richardi remains. Could you check HANZAB please, to see if richardi gets as far south as Ballarat? - if yes, we'll have to get someone familiar with both species to identify it on plumage :-) I had a go myself comparing it with pics on the net, and couldn't decide . . . - MPF 13:31, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Above section moved here from Talk:List_of_New_Zealand_birds

Who was Richard?

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Hi: I'm trying to find out why Richard's Pipit is named so. I'd love to get more information on the line ' “This bird was named after the French naturalist Monsieur Richard of Lunéville.” GANDER

Regarding the photo: The chick on the left looks like it has a buzz-saw of teeth on the roof of its mouth. The article on Wikipedia doesn't mention what it could be. Is this "throat" a gape marking? Hubzilla 02:53, 22 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

File:Anthus richardi - Laem Pak Bia.jpg to appear as POTD soon

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Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Anthus richardi - Laem Pak Bia.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on May 20, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-05-20. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:34, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

The Richard's pipit (Anthus richardi) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in northern Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving to open lowlands in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Named after the French naturalist Monsieur Richard of Lunéville, this bird 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, though these pipits are now commonly considered to be separate species.Photograph: JJ Harrison