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 Samburu National Reserve
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
Golden Pipit
Tmetothylacus tenellus
Grassveld Pipit
Anthus cinnamomeus
Long-billed Pipit
Anthus similis
Pangani Longclaw
Macronyx aurantiigula
Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris
Red-throated Pipit
Anthus cervinus
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser donaldsoni
📅 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 Samburu National Reserve?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Western Yellow Wagtail sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 14 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Yellow Wagtail in Samburu National Reserve?
January has the highest sighting rate for Western Yellow Wagtail in Samburu National Reserve in our monthly data.