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#0948 · 🐦 birds

Blyth's Pipit

🇳🇱 Mongoolse Pieper ·Anthus godlewskii

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Blyth's Pipit, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Andreas Trepte · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Blyth's pipit ( Anthus godlewskii ) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in Mongolia and neighbouring areas. It is a long distance migrant moving to open lowlands in Southern Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to Western Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 3iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 768iNaturalist observations
  • weight 26 gadult, up to
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 3 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 768 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 26 g.
  • Scientifically named in 1876 (150 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Blyth's Pipit
Nederlands
Mongoolse Pieper
scientific name
Anthus godlewskii
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Motacillidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
3
sightings in Europe
27
sightings worldwide
768
GBIF records in NL
1,777
weight
26 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1876

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Motacillidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 13737, Wikidata Q973164, GBIF 2490264, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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