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 Bavarian Forest National Park
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta
Red-throated Pipit
Anthus cervinus
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
Great Tit
Parus major
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
📅 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 Bavarian Forest National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Western Yellow Wagtail sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park, based on 75 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Yellow Wagtail in Bavarian Forest National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Western Yellow Wagtail in Bavarian Forest National Park in our monthly data.