Wagtails & Pipits in Azerbaijan
Our list for Azerbaijan has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
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