Wagtails & Pipits in Faroe Islands
Our list for Faroe Islands has 5 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Faroe Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceUncommon15–17 cm
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 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