Family
Wagtails and Pipits
Motacillidae
69 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The wagtails, longclaws, and pipits are a family, Motacillidae, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Around 70 species occur in five genera. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominantly found in Europe, Africa, and Asia, with two species migrating and breeding in Alaska.
Species in this family
- South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii
- Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis
- Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus
- Puna Pipit Anthus brevirostris
- Bush Pipit Anthus caffer
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Pampas Pipit Anthus chacoensis
- Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera
- Yellow-tufted Pipit Anthus crenatus
- Short-billed Pipit Anthus furcatus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Alpine Pipit Anthus gutturalis
- Hellmayr's Pipit Anthus hellmayri
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Mountain Pipit Anthus hoeschi
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae
- Ochre-breasted Pipit Anthus nattereri
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis
- New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
- Woodland Pipit Anthus nyassae
- Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris
- Peruvian Pipit Anthus peruvianus
- Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Madanga Anthus ruficollis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Orange-throated Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis
- Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni
- Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi
- Sharpe's Longclaw Macronyx sharpei
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sao Tome Short-tail Motacilla bocagii
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Madagascar Wagtail Motacilla flaviventris
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Mekong Wagtail Motacilla samveasnae
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
Lookalikes compared
- Australian Pipit vs Meadow Pipit
- Buffy Pipit vs Orange-throated Longclaw
- Bush Pipit vs Rosy-throated Longclaw
- Cape Wagtail vs African Pied Wagtail
- Cape Wagtail vs Grey Wagtail
- Forest Wagtail vs Grey Wagtail
- Long-billed Pipit vs Bush Pipit
- Meadow Pipit vs Buff-bellied Pipit
- Mountain Pipit vs Nicholson's Pipit
- Mountain Wagtail vs African Pied Wagtail
- Nicholson's Pipit vs Tawny Pipit
- Olive-backed Pipit vs Red-throated Pipit
- Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail vs Meadow Pipit
- Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail vs Tree Pipit
- Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail vs Water Pipit
- Plain-backed Pipit vs Long-legged Pipit
- Plain-backed Pipit vs Yellow-tufted Pipit
- Rock Pipit vs Buff-bellied Pipit
- Striped Pipit vs Short-tailed Pipit
- Tawny Pipit vs Meadow Pipit
- Tree Pipit vs Olive-backed Pipit
- Upland Pipit vs Rosy Pipit
- Western Yellow Wagtail vs Water Pipit
- Yellow-throated Longclaw vs Rosy-throated Longclaw