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Where does the Gray Wagtail live?

Motacilla cinerea has 2,095,539 records in 146 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from United Kingdom.

Gray Wagtail
Gray Wagtail — Herwig Winter / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMotacillidaeMotacilla

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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
United Kingdom 250,051
Sweden 249,405
Spain 203,488
France 198,804
India 178,752
Taiwan 159,531
Portugal 108,287
Netherlands 94,370
Norway 88,259
Denmark 78,008
Belgium 71,224
Germany 60,276
Italy 40,870
Japan 25,110
China 18,940
Ireland 18,823
Thailand 17,425
Austria 17,180
Czechia 16,103
Switzerland 14,924
South Korea 14,070
Türkiye 12,561
Philippines 12,519
Hong Kong 10,705
Greece 10,631
Nepal 8,528
Malaysia 7,821
Israel 7,170
Poland 7,150
Bulgaria 6,864
Russia 6,607
Sri Lanka 5,167
Isle of Man 4,607
Morocco 4,563
Indonesia 3,646
Luxembourg 3,637
Vietnam 3,599
Georgia 3,031
Mongolia 2,860
United Arab Emirates 2,822

Showing the top 40 of 146 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.