Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusMotacilla (Wagtails)
- SpeciesMotacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Closest Relatives at Picos de Europa National Park
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
📅 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 Picos de Europa National Park?
About 17% of visitor-days record a Grey Wagtail sighting in Picos de Europa National Park, based on 338 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Grey Wagtail in Picos de Europa National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Grey Wagtail in Picos de Europa National Park in our monthly data.