Wagtails & Pipits in Nepal
Our list for Nepal has 5 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 5 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nepal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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