Wagtails & Pipits in Albania
Our list for Albania has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Water Pipit 15–17 cm
- Pied Wagtail 17–19 cm
- Grey Wagtail 17–20 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made