Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyRhipiduridae (Fantails)
- GenusRhipidura (Fantails)
- SpeciesRhipidura leucophrys (Willie Wagtail)
Closest Relatives at Wilsons Promontory National Park
Grey Fantail
Rhipidura albiscapa
Rufous Fantail
Rhipidura rufifrons
Superb Fairywren
Malurus cyaneus
Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen
Red Wattlebird
Anthochaera carunculata
Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla
White-browed Scrubwren
Sericornis frontalis
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eopsaltria australis
Crescent Honeyeater
Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus
Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis
Gray Shrikethrush
Colluricincla harmonica
Forest Raven
Corvus tasmanicus
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 16 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Lorentz National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Willie Wagtail in Wilsons Promontory National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Willie Wagtail sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park, based on 32 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Willie Wagtail in Wilsons Promontory National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Willie Wagtail in Wilsons Promontory National Park in our monthly data.