Wagtails & Pipits in Saudi Arabia
Our list for Saudi Arabia has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Saudi Arabia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Dec
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