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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2018	Near Threatened	A2abc+3bc+4abc
2016	Near Threatened	A2abc+3bc+4abc
2015	Near Threatened	A2abc+3bc+4abc
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	15,600,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	24,700,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	24000000-33000000 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2021
Population trend	decreasing	-	estimated	-
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	5-10%	-	-	-
Generation length	2.22 years	-	-	-

Population justification: In Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 11,000,000-14,900,000 pairs, which equates to approximately 22,000,000-30,000,000 mature individuals and 33,000,000-45,000,000 individuals (BirdLife International in prep.). Europe forms 90% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 24,000,000-33,000,000 mature individuals and 37,000,000-50,000,000 individuals although further validation of this estimate is needed.

Trend justification: New data collated from across Europe for the 2021 European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International in prep.) indicate that the species' rate of decline has slowed to c. 5-10% over the last decade. Of the five countries that hold c. 80% of the European breeding population, only one (Russia, with 10%, extending just east of the Ural Mountains into West Siberia) reports a significant decline since 2007. Norway (30%) reports stability (Kalas et al., 2014); the UK (19%) a small decline (Woodward et al., 2020); Iceland (12%) fluctuations but overall stability (Skarpheoinsson, 2018); and Sweden (9%) a small increase (www.fageltaxering.lu.se). Decreases have been reported from Ukraine (T. Kuzmenko in litt., 2021) but the Ukrainian population comprises only a minor fraction of the European population. Furthermore, the latest 10-year Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme trend also suggests a stable or even slightly increasing European population of 6% from 2007-17 (acknowledging that this does not include the decline in Russia). As Europe holds almost the entire global breeding population, it is reasonable to assume that the European decline (5-10% over 10 years) also represents the global trend.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native			yes
Albania	extant	native			yes
Algeria	extant	native			yes
Austria	extant	native	yes
Azerbaijan	extant	native			yes
Bahrain	extant	native			yes
Belarus	extant	native		yes
Belgium	extant	native	yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native			yes	yes
Bulgaria	extant	native			yes
China (mainland)	extant	vagrant
Croatia	extant	native			yes	yes
Cyprus	extant	native			yes
Czechia	extant	native	yes
Denmark	extant	native	yes			yes
Egypt	extant	native			yes
Estonia	extant	native	yes
Faroe Islands (to Denmark)	extant	native		yes
Finland	extant	native	yes			yes
France	extant	native	yes			yes
Georgia	extant	native		yes
Germany	extant	native	yes			yes
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native			yes
Greece	extant	native			yes	yes
Greenland (to Denmark)	extant	native		yes
Hungary	extant	native			yes
Iceland	extant	native		yes
India	extant	vagrant
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native			yes
Iraq	extant	native			yes
Ireland	extant	native	yes
Israel	extant	native			yes
Italy	extant	native			yes	yes
Jordan	extant	native			yes	yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native			yes	yes
Kuwait	extant	native			yes
Latvia	extant	native	yes
Lebanon	extant	native			yes	yes
Libya	extant	native			yes
Liechtenstein	extant	native				yes
Lithuania	extant	native	yes
Luxembourg	extant	native	yes
Malta	extant	native			yes
Mauritania	extant	native			yes	yes
Moldova	extant	native		yes
Montenegro	extant	native
Morocco	extant	native			yes
Netherlands	extant	native	yes
North Macedonia	extant	native			yes
Norway	extant	native		yes
Oman	extant	vagrant			yes
Palestine	extant	native			yes
Poland	extant	native	yes
Portugal	extant	native			yes
Qatar	extant	native			yes
Romania	extant	native	yes
Russia	extant	native		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native		yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native			yes	yes
Senegal	extant	vagrant
Serbia	extant	native
Slovakia	extant	native	yes
Slovenia	extant	native			yes
Spain	extant	native	yes		yes	yes
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)	extant	native		yes
Sweden	extant	native	yes			yes
Switzerland	extant	native	yes
Syria	extant	native			yes	yes
Tajikistan	extant	native			yes	yes
Tunisia	extant	native			yes
Türkiye	extant	native			yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native			yes	yes
Ukraine	extant	native	yes			yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native			yes	yes
United Kingdom	extant	native	yes
Uzbekistan	extant	native			yes	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Belarus	Balota Dzikoje
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dabarsko and Fatničko Karstic Fields
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Duvanjsko polje
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Glamočko polje
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Grahovo poljes (Pašića polje, Grahovsko polje, Marinkovci)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Kupreško polje
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lušci polje
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mostarsko Blato
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Nevesinjsko polje
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Petrovac poljes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Podrašničko polje
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Popovo polje
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vukovsko-Ravanjsko polje
Finland	Käsivarsi fjelds
Finland	Kemihaara (Vuotos) mires and forests
Finland	Kevo
Finland	Lätäseno and Jietajoki mires
Finland	Lemmenjoki-Hammastunturi-Pulju
Finland	Litokaira
Finland	Pallas and Ylläs fjelds
Finland	Pomokaira-Koitelaiskaira
Finland	Saariselkä and Koilliskaira
Russia (European)	Lapland Biosphere Reserve
Sweden	Lake Ånn – Storlien

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	marginal	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Tundra	suitable	non-breeding
Grassland	Tundra	suitable	breeding
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Sand Dunes	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Rocky Shoreline	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	breeding
Marine Intertidal	Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches	suitable	non-breeding
Marine Intertidal	Tidepools	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Persecution/control	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Unknown		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Climate change & severe weather	Droughts	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 3
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Climate change & severe weather	Storms & flooding	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Causing/Could cause fluctuations		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/meadow-pipit-anthus-pratensis on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.