Wagtails, Pipits

Mountain Wagtail

Motacilla clara

The Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara) is an 18 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Wagtails, Pipits

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

18 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

20

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Malawi, eSwatini, Mozambique, Zambia, Rwanda, Cameroon, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Angola, Lesotho, Eq. Guinea, Guinea, Liberia.

Where to see it: Aberfoyle Lodge (Zimbabwe); Dzalanyama Forest Reserve (Malawi); Parc de la Lekedi (Gabon); Kibale NP (General and Main Road, please use more specific hotspot if possible) (Uganda); Mt. Kupe (Cameroon).

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