Wagtails & Pipits in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 7 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
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