A large pipit, Anthus richardi, occurring on grassland and cultivation in temperate areas of Asia.
For a period the name Richard's pipit was used for the species A. novaehollandiae, which comprised several Old World forms that have recently been split again into separate species..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Magazine of Natural History. From the genitive of the name of Monsieur Richard (an amateur ornithologist of Lunéville, who first made the bird known) + pipit, after French pipi Richard.