Abstract
Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in northern Asia with a long-distance migrant moving to open lowlands in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. In this study, the mitochondrial genome of this bird species was obtained by the PCR-based sequencing method. The mitogenome is 16,871 bp in size, including 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, 13 protein-coding genes and a D-loop. The A, T, G, and C base composition of the mitochondrial DNA are 29.73%, 23.12%, 14.59% and 32.56%, respectively. The starting codon of protein-coding genes is typical ATG, except for the ND2 which starts with ATA. The D-loop locates between genes of tRNAGlu and tRNAPhe. The result of the phylogenetic analysis indicates that A. richardi has close phylogenetic relationship with A. novaeseelandiae.
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