Wagtails & Pipits in Jordan
Our list for Jordan has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
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