Shino jacob koottanad, CC BY-SA 4.0
Asia. Pakistan, India eastwards to S. China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Least Concern
NBN atlas has 25 records as at end 2024. All refer to the bird mentioned below. Map Here
A Paddyfield Pipit aged as first calendar-year or older was at Sennan, Cornwall from 23rd October to 14th November 2019.
The identity of this bird was accepted but the BOURC concluded that it probably did not arrive unassisted and the species is in Category D pending more knowledge of the species' potential to arrive unassisted.