Wagtails, Pipits

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

The Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) is a 17 g river bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Wagtails, Pipits

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

17 g

Habitat

Riverine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

94

Recorded in United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, France, India, Taiwan, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, Ireland, Thailand, Austria, Czechia, Switzerland, Republic of Korea, Philippines, Turkey, Hong Kong, Greece, Nepal, Malaysia, Poland, Israel, Bulgaria, Russia, Sri Lanka, Isle of Man, Morocco, Indonesia, Luxembourg, Vietnam, Georgia, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Mongolia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Romania, Oman, Bhutan, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Finland, Cyprus, Ukraine, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia, Andorra, Estonia, Singapore, Kenya, Laos, Albania, Bangladesh, Myanmar, North Macedonia, Kuwait, Montenegro, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Bosnia and Herz., Armenia, Cambodia, Tajikistan, Palestine, Uzbekistan, South Africa, Australia, Tanzania, United States, JE, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, Lebanon, Malta, Uganda, XK, Jordan, Iceland, Tunisia, Lithuania, Latvia, Papua New Guinea.

Where to see it: Mostar · Old Bridge (Bosnia and Herzegovina); Andorra la Vella (Andorra); Sägaweier (Liechtenstein); La Vall De Rialb (Andorra); Roseraie Fontvieille, MC (Monaco).

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