Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusMotacilla (Wagtails)
- SpeciesMotacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Closest Relatives at Lorentz National Park
Alpine Pipit
Anthus gutturalis
Red-capped Flowerpecker
Dicaeum geelvinkianum
Smoky Honeyeater
Melipotes fumigatus
Friendly Fantail
Rhipidura albolimbata
Belford's Melidectes
Melidectes belfordi
Red-collared Myzomela
Myzomela rosenbergii
Black-backed Honeyeater
Ptiloprora perstriata
Lorentz's Whistler
Pachycephala lorentzi
Brown-breasted Gerygone
Gerygone ruficollis
Splendid Astrapia
Astrapia splendidissima
Baliem Whistler
Pachycephala balim
Black-breasted Munia
Lonchura teerinki
📅 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 Lorentz National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Grey Wagtail sighting in Lorentz National Park, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Grey Wagtail in Lorentz National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Grey Wagtail in Lorentz National Park in our monthly data.