Wagtails & Pipits in Lebanon
Our list for Lebanon has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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