Tree Pipit

How to identify

Field marks

1. Upperparts rufous with stripes
2. Breast yellowish-brown with black markings; belly white
3. Contrast between breast and belly stronger than in Meadow Pipit
4. Bill stouter than in Meadow Pipit

Voice

A strong “spek”; the song in flight becomes increasingly drawn out toward the end.

Similar species

Meadow Pipit

Meadow Pipit is slightly smaller; Tree Pipit has a stouter bill and a stronger contrast between the yellowish-brown breast and white belly.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: September · Most records: India, United Kingdom, Israel

Tree Pipit has been recorded at 1,584 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 123 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE)Israel1,230 records
2. Aras Kuş Halkalama İstasyonuTürkiye869 records
3. Thursley CommonUnited Kingdom849 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaUnited KingdomIsraelSpainSwedenPortugalUnited Arab EmiratesTürkiye

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 tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout most of Europe and the Palearctic as far east as the East Siberian Mountains. It is a long-distance migrant, migrating in winter to Africa and southern Asia. The scientific name is from Latin: anthus is the name of a small bird of grasslands, and the specific trivialis means "common".

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