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Richard's Pipit
Anthus richardi
species of Motacillidae

number longest
primary 10 per wing approx. 79.0mm n=1
P6 (100%)
secondary 9 per wing no data available
retrix 12
no data available
wing length1 hand-wing-index1,2 (HWI) primaries-index wing length/longest primary ratio hand-wing-index/primaries-index ratio
89 - 96mm n=5 28 - 29% n=4 no data available no data available no data available
detailed information

The wing length is measured on the flattened and straightened wing ("maximum chord") from the carpal joint to the tip of the longest primary feather, the so-called "Kleinschmidt-method".

combined data from:
Avonet1: 89 - 96mm n=5

The hand-wing-index, introduced by Kipp 1959, is calculated as the ratio of the hand length (difference between the length of the longest primary and the first secondary) to the wing length.

combined data from:
Avonet1: 28 - 29% n=4,
The primaries-index is calculated as the ratio of the longest primary feather length to the first (outermost) secondary. It is the equivalent of the hand-wing index for feather measurements. The wing length/longest primary ratio is calculated as the ratio of the wing length to the length of the longest primary feather. The hand-wing-index/primaries-index ratio is calculated as the ratio of the hand-wing index to the primaries-index.
1 Tobias, J. A., et al. (2022). AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds.
2 Kipp, Friedrich A.: "Der Handflügel-Index als flugbiologisches Maß", erschienen in "Vogelwarte - Zeitschrift für Vogelkunde", 1959, Band 20, Heft 1



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country allocations

extant

Afghanistan (vagrant) · Algeria · Angola · Austria · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Belgium (vagrant) · Bhutan · Botswana · Brunei Darussalam · Bulgaria (vagrant) · Burundi · Cambodia · Cameroon · Chad · China · Congo (vagrant) · Congo, The Democratic Republic of the · Cyprus · Czechia (vagrant) · Denmark · Djibouti · Egypt · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Finland (vagrant) · France (vagrant) · Germany (vagrant) · Greece (vagrant) · Guinea · India · Iran, Islamic Republic of · Iraq · Ireland (vagrant) · Israel · Italy · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Kenya · Korea, Democratic People's Republic of · Korea, Republic of · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan (origin uncertain) · Lao People's Democratic Republic · Latvia (vagrant) · Lebanon (vagrant) · Lesotho · Libya · Luxembourg (vagrant) · Malawi · Malaysia · Mali · Malta (vagrant) · Mauritania · Mongolia · Montenegro (vagrant) · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar · Namibia · Nepal · Netherlands (vagrant) · Niger (origin uncertain) · Nigeria · Norway (vagrant) · Oman · Pakistan (vagrant) · Palestine, State of (origin uncertain) · Poland (vagrant) · Portugal · Qatar (vagrant) · Russian Federation · Rwanda · Saudi Arabia · Serbia (vagrant) · Slovakia · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Spain (vagrant) · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Sweden (vagrant) · Switzerland (vagrant) · Syrian Arab Republic (vagrant) · Taiwan, Province of China · Tajikistan (origin uncertain) · Tanzania, United Republic of · Thailand · Tunisia · Türkiye (vagrant) · Turkmenistan · Uganda · United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Uzbekistan (origin uncertain) · Viet Nam · Western Sahara (origin uncertain) · Yemen · Zambia · Zimbabwe ·
source: IUCN 2025. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1 <www.iucnredlist.org>
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conservation status

  • CITES
    not listed
  • Regulation (EG) Nr. 865/2006
    not listed
  • German Federal Nature Conservation Act §44
    protected