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African pied wagtail
Motacilla aguimp · Family Motacillidae
Motacilla aguimp
Family Motacillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 188,757
- Countries and territories with records
- 45
About this species
This species has 188,757 occurrence records from 45 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (41.1%), Kenya (23.2%), Uganda (8.2%), Tanzania (6.4%) and Zambia (4.3%); together they account for 83.2% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.19% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Motacilla aguimp combines the genus name Motacilla with the species epithet aguimp. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Motacilla; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Motacilla alba, Motacilla flava and Motacilla cinerea.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 68 species of the family Motacillidae. This species ranks 16th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Motacilla alba. Its record count is 58.4% of the family average (323,139). The family Motacillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.