Wagtails & Pipits in Norway
Our list for Norway has 7 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 5 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Norway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
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
- Rock Pipit 16–18 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