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Where does the White Wagtail live?

Motacilla alba has 6,900,983 records in 156 countries and territories, from 1742 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

White Wagtail
White Wagtail — Jac. Janssen from BAARLO LB, NL / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMotacillidaeMotacilla

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 995,942
Spain 720,934
United Kingdom 679,301
France 568,515
Norway 513,459
Netherlands 470,201
Denmark 454,505
Germany 308,386
Finland 253,468
Portugal 240,547
Taiwan 176,914
India 131,191
Belgium 126,555
Russia 125,629
Japan 92,097
Italy 84,950
Israel 79,533
China 76,906
Ireland 56,740
Czechia 53,257
Poland 50,506
Austria 49,522
Türkiye 48,808
Estonia 46,202
Switzerland 42,526
Iceland 33,937
South Korea 29,506
Hong Kong 28,725
United Arab Emirates 22,294
Greece 20,388
Isle of Man 17,941
Ukraine 17,174
Bulgaria 16,892
Iran 15,654
Thailand 14,362
Hungary 13,437
United States 13,320
Morocco 11,663
Georgia 11,065
Luxembourg 10,669

Showing the top 40 of 156 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.