Richard's Pipit

Richard's pipit is a large, slender pipit, 17–20cm long with a wingspan of 29–33cm and a weight of 25–36g, that often stands very upright. It has long yellow-brown legs with a long, fairly straight hind claw, a long tail with white outer feathers and a long dark bill with a yellowish base. It is brown above and pale below, streaked dark on the back and breast, with a strongly marked face of pale lores and eyebrow and dark eye, moustache and malar stripes, and two pale wing bars (Wikipedia, general species account).

It was once lumped with several other large pipits, including the paddyfield pipit. It is named after the French naturalist Charles Richard (Wikipedia, general species account).