Meadow Pipit

How to identify

Field marks

1. Upperparts rufous with dark stripes
2. Rufous tail with narrow white edges on both sides
3. Bill thin; legs and feet pale pinkish-yellow
4. Hind toe claw exceptionally long

Voice

The call is soft and weak, like “tsi-tsi”.

Where and when it's recorded

Meadow Pipit has been recorded at 1,267 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 81 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Titchwell Marsh RSPB ReserveUnited Kingdom4,357 records
2. Spurn Bird Observatory Recording AreaUnited Kingdom3,317 records
3. KaldbakstjarnirIceland3,174 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United KingdomSpainPortugalIcelandSwedenIrelandNorwayGermany

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout much of the Palearctic, from south-eastern Greenland and Iceland east to just east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, and south to central France and Romania; an isolated population also occurs in the Caucasus Mountains. It is migratory over most of its range, wintering in southern Europe, North Africa, and south-western Asia, but is resident year-round in western Europe, although even here many birds move to the coast or lowlands in winter.

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