Meadow Pipit
Photo: Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5

Wagtails and Pipits

Meadow Pipit

Anthus pratensis

LCLeast Concern
Family
Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

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.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Breeds Iceland through western and northern Europe eastward to western Russia; winters to northern Africa and central Asia.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.