Forest Wagtail
Dendronanthus indicus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
- GenusDendronanthus (Forest Wagtails)
- SpeciesDendronanthus indicus (Forest Wagtail)
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Forest Wagtail sighting in Horton Plains National Park, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Horton Plains National Park
Oriental Pipit
Anthus rufulus
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Blyth's Pipit
Anthus godlewskii
Richard's Pipit
Anthus richardi
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
Sri Lanka White-eye
Zosterops ceylonensis
Pied Bushchat
Saxicola caprata
Yellow-eared Bulbul
Pycnonotus penicillatus
Hill Swallow
Hirundo domicola
Dull-blue Flycatcher
Eumyias sordidus
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
📅 Monthly Probability
🕐 When They’re Spotted
Sightings of Forest Wagtail are recorded here, but fewer than 5 of them carry a time of day in GBIF — sighting probability uses whole days, so it is unaffected. The hourly pattern needs timestamps we don't have yet.
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Forest Wagtail in Horton Plains National Park?
About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Forest Wagtail sighting in Horton Plains National Park, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Forest Wagtail in Horton Plains National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Forest Wagtail in Horton Plains National Park in our monthly data.