Wagtails & Pipits in Romania
Our list for Romania has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Romania 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
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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
- 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