Tree Pipit
Photo: Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0

Wagtails and Pipits

Tree Pipit

Anthus trivialis

LCLeast Concern
Family
Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

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".
The breeding habitat is open woodland and scrub.

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Range and habitat

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.