Mountain Wagtail

Motacilla clara Sharpe, 1908 — also called Grey-backed Wagtail, Long-tailed Wagtail, MOWA. Occurrence records of the Mountain Wagtail are shared on GBIF from around 20 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Palmiet Nature Reserve (351 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernMotacillidae

20reserves with records

1 571records around them

4provinces

LCIUCN category

Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara) — Photo: Mike · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Palmiet Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	351
Paradise ValleyNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	308
Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	263
Oribi GorgeProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	152
Krantzkloof Natuire ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	125
Krantzkloof Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	80
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	57
Pipeline Coastal ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	55
Ratombo Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	39
Dumaneni ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	38
Blyderivierspoort NatuurreservaatNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	31
River Valley Nature ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	19
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	17
Nwanedi Provincial ParkNature reserve	LP Limpopo	10
Mac-Mac Forest Nature ReserveForest reserve	MP Mpumalanga	9
Lake Eland Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	5
Umtamvuna Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	4
ASSEGAAI TRAILSNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	3
Karkloof FallsNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	3
Starvation Creek Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	2

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 12 reserves
Mpumalanga: 4 reserves
Limpopo: 3 reserves
Eastern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Scientific name: Motacilla clara
GBIF taxon: 2490305
Wikidata: Q1055827

More of the Motacillidae family

Cape Wagtail African Pipit African Pied Wagtail Cape Longclaw Yellow-throated Longclaw Plain-backed Pipit Striped Pipit Nicholson's Pipit Buffy Pipit Long-billed Pipit African Rock Pipit Western Yellow Wagtail

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.