Wagtails & Pipits in Luxembourg
Our list for Luxembourg has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Luxembourg in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Water Pipit 15–17 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 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