Wagtails & Pipits in Algeria
Our list for Algeria has 5 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Algeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 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