Wagtails & Pipits in North Macedonia
Our list for North Macedonia has 5 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Macedonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, 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