Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusMotacilla (Wagtails)
- SpeciesMotacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Closest Relatives at Jiuzhaigou National Park
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
Olive-backed Pipit
Anthus hodgsoni
Rosy Pipit
Anthus roseatus
Blyth's Pipit
Anthus godlewskii
Chestnut Thrush
Turdus rubrocanus
Elliot's Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron elliotii
Buff-barred Warbler
Phylloscopus pulcher
Chinese White-browed Rosefinch
Carpodacus dubius
Gray-headed Bullfinch
Pyrrhula erythaca
White-throated Redstart
Phoenicurus schisticeps
Rufous-vented Tit
Periparus rubidiventris
📅 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 Jiuzhaigou National Park?
About 27% of visitor-days record a Grey Wagtail sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park, based on 41 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Grey Wagtail in Jiuzhaigou National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Grey Wagtail in Jiuzhaigou National Park in our monthly data.