Wagtails & Pipits

Tree Pipit

Baumpieper

Anthus trivialis

Wagtails & Pipits3 photosFirst seen: 1 September 2026

The Tree Pipit is a long-distance migrant that breeds in open wooded habitats across Europe and Asia and winters mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. Males often launch from a tree into a parachuting song flight.

ID tip: It resembles a Meadow Pipit but usually has a stronger face pattern, a warmer buff breast and fine flank streaks that are much narrower than the breast streaks. Perching in trees is also typical.

First seen: 1 September 2026 · Žabljak · 3 photos in the collection.

Places in my records

Locations where this species is supported by a dated first record, an unambiguous single-place outing or a reviewed assignment.

Žabljak1 September 2026

Family: Wagtails & Pipits (Motacillidae)
Length: 14–16 cm
Wingspan: 25–27 cm
Regional status: Summer visitor (Montenegro)
Conservation: Least Concern LCIUCN Red List · retrieved 4 September 2026
Habitat: Open woodland, clearings, heath and scrub with scattered trees
Diet: Insects and other small invertebrates; some seeds

Built from verified occurrence records, not drawn by hand. Core range = the countries holding 99% of all records; the rest are scattered or vagrant records. Record counts track where people watch birds as much as where the birds are, so the map shows presence, not abundance. Data: GBIF (CC BY 4.0). Basemap: Natural Earth.

Tree Pipit

Places in my records

Selected photographs