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 Semuliki National Park
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
Mountain Wagtail
Motacilla clara
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus
Plain-backed Pipit
Anthus leucophrys
Grassveld Pipit
Anthus cinnamomeus
Crested Malimbe
Malimbus malimbicus
Red-tailed Greenbul
Criniger calurus
Western Nicator
Nicator chloris
Fraser's Rufous Thrush
Stizorhina fraseri
Xavier's Greenbul
Phyllastrephus xavieri
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush
Neocossyphus rufus
📅 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 Semuliki National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Western Yellow Wagtail sighting in Semuliki National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Yellow Wagtail in Semuliki National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Western Yellow Wagtail in Semuliki National Park in our monthly data.