Siberian Pipit

When to see the Siberian Pipit

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Siberian Pipit

The map shades 183 countries with regular records, and 11 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Belize, El Salvador, TF, Costa Rica, Fiji, Monaco, Maldives, San Marino, UM, Comoros, São Tomé & Príncipe.

About the Siberian Pipit

The Siberian pipit, also known as the Japanese pipit and formerly known as the buff-bellied pipit, is a species of songbird in the family Motacillidae. It was split from the American pipit in 2024 by both the IOC and Clements checklist. It is found in East Asia.

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Easily confused with

South Georgia PipitAnthus antarcticusThe South Georgia pipit is a small and stocky pipit, 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighing 36 g (1.3 oz). MadangaAnthus ruficollisThe madanga or rufous-throated white-eye is a species of bird that was formerly included in the family Zosteropidae but is now thought to be an atypical member of the family Motacillidae, consisting of the pipits and wagtails. Alpine PipitAnthus gutturalisThe alpine pipet is a medium-sized bird that lives in the alpine grasslands.