Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusMotacilla (Wagtails)
- SpeciesMotacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Closest Relatives at Danum Valley Conservation Area
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla tschutschensis
Forest Wagtail
Dendronanthus indicus
Oriental Pipit
Anthus rufulus
Little Spiderhunter
Arachnothera longirostra
Slender-billed Crow
Corvus enca
Black-and-yellow Broadbill
Eurylaimus ochromalus
White-crowned Shama
Copsychus stricklandii
Lesser Green Leafbird
Chloropsis cyanopogon
Spectacled Bulbul
Rubigula erythropthalmos
Malaysian Pied-Fantail
Rhipidura javanica
Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
Prionochilus xanthopygius
Red-eyed Bulbul
Pycnonotus brunneus
📅 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 Grey Wagtail in Danum Valley Conservation Area?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Grey Wagtail sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area, based on 30 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Grey Wagtail in Danum Valley Conservation Area?
October has the highest sighting rate for Grey Wagtail in Danum Valley Conservation Area in our monthly data.