Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusMotacilla (Wagtails)
- SpeciesMotacilla flava (Western Yellow Wagtail)
Closest Relatives at Niokolo-Koba National Park
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Red-throated Pipit
Anthus cervinus
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Lamprotornis caudatus
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Laniarius barbarus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Purple Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis purpureus
Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
Beautiful Sunbird
Cinnyris pulchellus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
Brown Babbler
Turdoides plebejus
📅 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 Western Yellow Wagtail in Niokolo-Koba National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Western Yellow Wagtail sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Yellow Wagtail in Niokolo-Koba National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Western Yellow Wagtail in Niokolo-Koba National Park in our monthly data.