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European rock pipit
Anthus petrosus · Family Motacillidae
Anthus petrosus
Family Motacillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 572,707
- Countries and territories with records
- 54
About this species
This species has 572,707 occurrence records from 54 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Norway (24.8%), Sweden (24.1%), the United Kingdom (17.5%), Denmark (11.8%) and the Netherlands (9.2%); together they account for 87.4% of the total. In Norway, this species accounts for 0.4% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anthus petrosus combines the genus name Anthus with the species epithet petrosus. The Warbla app catalog lists 44 species of the genus Anthus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anthus pratensis, Anthus trivialis and Anthus rubescens.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 68 species of the family Motacillidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Motacilla alba. Its record count is 1.8 times the family average (323,139). The family Motacillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.