Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusMotacilla (Wagtails)
- SpeciesMotacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Closest Relatives at Sundarbans National Park
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla tschutschensis
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
Oriental Pipit
Anthus rufulus
Forest Wagtail
Dendronanthus indicus
Olive-backed Pipit
Anthus hodgsoni
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Bronzed Drongo
Dicrurus aeneus
Small Minivet
Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
Black Drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus
📅 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 Sundarbans National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Grey Wagtail sighting in Sundarbans National Park, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Grey Wagtail in Sundarbans National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Grey Wagtail in Sundarbans National Park in our monthly data.