Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusMotacilla (Wagtails)
- SpeciesMotacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Closest Relatives at Horton Plains National Park
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
Oriental Pipit
Anthus rufulus
Forest Wagtail
Dendronanthus indicus
Blyth's Pipit
Anthus godlewskii
Richard's Pipit
Anthus richardi
Sri Lanka White-eye
Zosterops ceylonensis
Pied Bushchat
Saxicola caprata
Yellow-eared Bulbul
Pycnonotus penicillatus
Hill Swallow
Hirundo domicola
Dull-blue Flycatcher
Eumyias sordidus
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
📅 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 Horton Plains National Park?
About 58% of visitor-days record a Grey Wagtail sighting in Horton Plains National Park, based on 255 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Grey Wagtail in Horton Plains National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Grey Wagtail in Horton Plains National Park in our monthly data.