Wagtails & Pipits in Bahrain
Our list for Bahrain has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bahrain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr
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