White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusMotacilla (Wagtails)
- SpeciesMotacilla alba (White Wagtail)
Closest Relatives at Gauja National Park
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Great Tit
Parus major
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus
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 White Wagtail in Gauja National Park?
About 25% of visitor-days record a White Wagtail sighting in Gauja National Park, based on 144 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see White Wagtail in Gauja National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for White Wagtail in Gauja National Park in our monthly data.