Wagtails & Pipits in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Egypt 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 flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisScarceUncommon14–15 cm
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