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title: "Tree Pipit"
description: "Anthus trivialis — Vogels. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tree-pipit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tree Pipit

> Anthus trivialis — Vogels. 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.

- Scientific name: *Anthus trivialis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 35346
- Wikidata: [Q143313](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143313)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13711](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13711)

## Names

- en: Tree Pipit
- de: Baumpieper
- es: Bisbita Arbóreo
- fr: Pipit des arbres
- pt: Petinha-das-árvores
- pl: Świergotek drzewny

## Countries with the most observations

RU (20919), DE (1216), IT (1063), FR (945), IN (799), ES (624), UA (595), GB (537), NL (462), FI (461), DK (224), AT (193)

## Summary

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. The nest is placed on the ground and usually 4–6 eggs are laid. This species is insectivorous like its relatives, but will also eat seeds.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Дима Орлов · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182473077

## Machine access

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