Wagtails & Pipits in Estonia
Our list for Estonia has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Estonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaScarceRare17–20 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Rock Pipit 16–18 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