Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusMotacilla (Wagtails)
- SpeciesMotacilla flava (Western Yellow Wagtail)
Closest Relatives at Bandhavgarh National Park
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
White-browed Wagtail
Motacilla maderaspatensis
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
Oriental Pipit
Anthus rufulus
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
Olive-backed Pipit
Anthus hodgsoni
Blyth's Pipit
Anthus godlewskii
Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris
Forest Wagtail
Dendronanthus indicus
Jungle Babbler
Turdoides striata
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Western Yellow Wagtail in Bandhavgarh National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Western Yellow Wagtail sighting in Bandhavgarh National Park, based on 18 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Yellow Wagtail in Bandhavgarh National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Western Yellow Wagtail in Bandhavgarh National Park in our monthly data.