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Grey wagtail
Motacilla cinerea · Family Motacillidae
Motacilla cinerea
Family Motacillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,105,326
- Countries and territories with records
- 146
About this species
This species has 2,105,326 occurrence records from 146 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United Kingdom (11.9%), Sweden (11.9%), Spain (9.7%), France (9.5%) and India (8.5%); together they account for 51.5% of the total. In the United Kingdom, this species accounts for 0.4% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Motacilla cinerea combines the genus name Motacilla with the species epithet cinerea. 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 capensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 68 species of the family Motacillidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Motacilla alba. Its record count is 6.5 times the family average (323,139). The family Motacillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.