Wagtails & Pipits in China
Our list for China has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Water Pipit 15–17 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