Richard's Or Australasian Pipits

Birds that are never seen in the park of a town
With pale grey undersides and mostly mottled brown
Whilst walking on short grass searching for insects they wag theit tails up and down
Though abundant they remain as strangers to bird renown
Richard's or Australasian Pipits are one of the same
They are pipits by nature and pipits by name
They are birds rural people do see every day
The males have an undulating aerial courtship display
And quite different to larks in their behaviour and song
Though not related to wagtails in some of their behaviour the resemblence is strong
In a nest of grass under a tussock from view well hidden away
Three to four buff brown dotted eggs the female bird lay
Often seen by the roadways of the countryside
Their range it is huge Australia wide.