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title: "Meadow Pipit"
description: "Anthus pratensis — Birds. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/meadow-pipit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Meadow Pipit

> Anthus pratensis — Birds. 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.

- Scientific name: *Anthus pratensis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 35675
- Wikidata: [Q26956](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26956)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13729](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13729)

## Names

- en: Meadow Pipit
- de: Wiesenpieper
- es: Bisbita pratense
- fr: Pipit farlouse
- pt: Petinha-dos-prados
- pl: Świergotek łąkowy

## Countries with the most observations

GB (7183), RU (3430), FR (2878), ES (2704), PT (2114), DE (1680), NL (1106), IT (903), NO (896), IE (790), IS (759), DK (514)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_pipit

## Photo

![Meadow Pipit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/meadow-pipit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132772212

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/meadow-pipit?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).