Willie Wagtail

Where to see

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park leads · 14 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Willie Wagtail during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

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1 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~80%
2 Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~80%
3 Hattah-Kulkyne National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~60%
4 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~60%
5 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~40%
6 Flinders Chase 🇦🇺 Australia
~30%
7 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~30%
8 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~30%
9 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
10 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
11 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
12 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
13 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
14 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Willie Wagtail?

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

In Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Willie Wagtail sighting on a given day, the highest of the 14 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Willie Wagtail?

Raja Ampat and more

After Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Willie Wagtail are in Raja Ampat (Indonesia, about 80%), Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (Australia, about 60%) and Kakadu National Park (Australia, about 60%). Outside Oceania, the best option is Raja Ampat in Southeast Asia (about 80%).

When is the best time to see a Willie Wagtail?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are January, March–August and November in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (about 90%), January in Raja Ampat (about 90%) and April, September and December–February in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Willie Wagtail on a given day. Each park's Willie Wagtail page has the full month-by-month chart.