Wagtails & Pipits in India
Our list for India has 5 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 5 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in India in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Smallest to largest
Length, 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