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 Volcanoes National Park
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
Cape Wagtail
Motacilla capensis
Mountain Wagtail
Motacilla clara
Grassveld Pipit
Anthus cinnamomeus
Long-billed Pipit
Anthus similis
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus
Streaky Seedeater
Crithagra striolata
Chubb's Cisticola
Cisticola chubbi
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Western Yellow Wagtail at Volcanoes National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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