Wagtails, Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Motacilla capensis

The Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis) is a 21 g wetland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Wagtails, Pipits

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

21 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Lesotho, Uganda, Botswana, eSwatini, Rwanda, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola.

Where to see it: Black Mountains · East (Lesotho); Sani Pass (LS) to Black Mountains (Lesotho); Sani Pass (LS) (Lesotho); Black Mountains · West (Lesotho); Avis Dam (Namibia).

Photo: (c) Timothy Whitehead, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist