Wagtails & Pipits in United Arab Emirates
Our list for United Arab Emirates has 6 wagtails & pipits recorded regularly there: 6 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United Arab Emirates 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 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–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
- 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