White-browed wagtail

About this species

This species has 292,568 occurrence records from 10 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (95.8%) and Nepal (2.9%); together they account for 98.7% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.46% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Motacilla maderaspatensis combines the genus name Motacilla with the species epithet maderaspatensis. 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 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Motacilla alba. Its record count is close to the family average (323,139). The family Motacillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Motacillidae

• White wagtail
• Western yellow wagtail
• Grey wagtail
• Cape wagtail
• Eastern yellow wagtail
• African pied wagtail
• Meadow pipit
• Tree pipit
• European rock pipit

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org