Bird
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola · Motacillidae · Passeriformes
Best monthsJan · May · Decmost records
Records158,690in 57 countries
Most seen inIndia70,265 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
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About
Citrine Wagtail in brief
The citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) is a bird of the Motacillidae family — species of bird.
Across the 57 countries we cover it has 158,690 published records, most of them from India, Russia and Sweden. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in January, May and December and fall to their lowest in July and August.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
India70,265 records · best Jan, Dec
Russia17,301 records · best May, Jun
Sweden12,473 records · best May, Jun
United Arab Emirates8,916 records · best Nov, Dec
Israel8,248 records · best Mar, Oct
China4,868 records · best Apr, May
Oman4,244 records · best Nov, Feb
Estonia4,150 records · best May, Apr
Mongolia3,564 records · best May, Jun
Bangladesh2,279 records · best Dec, Oct
Türkiye1,955 records · best Apr, May
Poland1,861 records · best May, Jun
Nepal1,839 records · best Dec, Jan
Norway1,549 records · best Sep, May
Ukraine1,495 records · best Apr, May
Georgia1,389 records · best Sep, Aug
Iran1,381 records · best Apr, Mar
Pakistan1,151 records · best Feb, Mar
Kazakhstan1,088 records · best May, Apr
Kyrgyzstan952 records · best Jul, Jun
Sri Lanka871 records · best Dec, Jan
Finland785 records · best May, Jun
Myanmar570 records · best Jan, Feb
Kuwait558 records · best Sep, Oct
Belarus545 records · best May, Jun
Greece540 records · best Apr, May
Uzbekistan435 records · best Apr, May
Tajikistan432 records · best May, Jun
Cyprus320 records · best Apr, Mar
South Korea307 records · best May, Apr
Afghanistan270 records · best Mar, Apr
Azerbaijan260 records · best Sep, Apr
Lithuania252 records · best May, Jun
Laos233 records · best Jan, Mar
Qatar193 records · best Nov, Dec
Saudi Arabia193 records · best Mar, Nov
Romania154 records · best Apr, May
Czechia139 records · best Apr, May
Armenia134 records · best Sep, Apr
Latvia127 records · best May, Jun
Slovakia75 records · best May, Apr
Egypt70 records · best Mar, Apr
Jordan68 records · best Mar, Dec
Ireland34 records · best Sep, Aug
Iceland23 records · best Sep, Oct
Palestine22 records · best Sep, Jan
Bahrain19 records · best Mar, Oct
Yemen19 records · best Oct, Jan
Turkmenistan18 records · best Mar, Apr
Syria12 records · best Apr, Mar
Iraq11 records · best Mar, May
Moldova10 records · best Aug, Apr
Lebanon8 records · best Apr, May
Malta7 records · best Sep, Apr
Montenegro5 records · best Sep, Apr
North Macedonia2 records · best Apr, Jan
Seychelles1 records · best Apr, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
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