Rock pipit

Weight

20.1 g – 22.4 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

9.91 years – 10.9 years

Diet

Invertivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

rocky

Egg incubation

14.4 days

Young per litter or clutch

4.6

Age at maturity

12 months

Litters or clutches a year

1.5

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Migration

Partial

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyMotacillidae
6. genusAnthus
7. SpeciesAnthus petrosus (Montagu, 1798)

Synonyms Alauda obscura, Alauda petrosa, Anthus obscurus, Anthus spinoletta petrosus, Pipastes petrosus

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Tree pipit

Anthus trivialis

Motacillidae

LC, Least Concern

Meadow pipit

Anthus pratensis

Motacillidae

LC, Least Concern

Tawny pipit

Anthus campestris

Motacillidae

LC, Least Concern

Red-throated pipit

Anthus cervinus

Motacillidae

LC, Least Concern

Water pipit

Anthus spinoletta

Motacillidae

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@misc{rock_pipit_2026,
  title = {Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rock-pipit},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}