Species profile
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Quick answer
Range Biak, Yapen. Status Palearctic migrant. Common and widespread Palearctic migrant to New Guinea (Beehler & Pratt 2016). 7 October 1997: one along the road at Wadibu, Biak. Also recorded by S. F. Bailey (in Beehler & Pratt 2016) but no details. 2 October 2015: two along a forest-lined road near Warafri (R. Tizard, eBird checklist S 51365737).
- Scientific name
- Motacilla cinerea
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Motacilla
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Grey Wagtail in your journal
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