Wagtails & Pipits in Spain
Our list for Spain has 7 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Spain 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–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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