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Cape Wagtail
Motacilla capensis Linnaeus, C 1766
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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto &
macaulaylibrary.org.
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | Walter Wallner | 2026-02-02 | Overstrand Local Municipality (near Betty's Bay), Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, Caledon (South Africa) (10 m) | call - [also] [sono] | 1133845 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-03-01 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 652584777 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | Jacob Henry | 2023-01-27 | , Khomas (Namibia) | - | 528679621 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | Peter Boesman | 2014-11-06 | Wakkerstroom area, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga (South Africa) | call - [sono] | 280473 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-02-27 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 652084086 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-04-03 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 654087275 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | TWIZERIMANA Olivier | 2026-04-14 | , Nord (Rwanda) | - | 655148954 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | ITWITAHO Ennice | 2026-05-13 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 657527262 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-02-11 | City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Kuils River (South Africa) (120 m) | call - 250HP, -3dB normalised. Recordist - A.Karamitsos
|
1079741 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | Lynette Rudman | 2021-03-28 | Makana Local Municipality, Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (440 m) | adult, sex uncertain, song - Two birds singing while foraging in a shallow stream of water in late summer. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
633642 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-04-01 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 653963348 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-02-24 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 654417861 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-02-09 | City of Cape Town (near Kaapstad), Stad Kaapstad Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit, Wes-Kaap, Kuils River (South Africa) (100 m) | call - 250HP, -3dB normalised. Recordist - A.Karamitsos
|
1082949 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis capensis | Frank Lambert | 2019-10-18 | Cape of Good Hope NP, Western Cape, Simon Town (South Africa) (120 m) | adult, call, sex uncertain - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
512617 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-25 | Langebaan, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | call - [sono] | 392577 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | Peter Boesman | 2014-10-26 | Ladysmith area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) | call - [sono] | 280469 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | Peter Boesman | 2014-10-26 | Ladysmith area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) | call - [sono] | 280468 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | Dries Van de Loock | 2022-07-05 | Chimfunshi (floodplain), Lufwanyama, Copperbelt Province, Chililabombwe (Zambia) (1300 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
745611 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-03-17 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 653075139 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | ITWITAHO Ennice | 2026-04-26 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 657074443 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis wellsi | Lars Lachmann | 2022-04-15 | Manguo bridge (near Nyahururu), Nyahururu, Laikipia County, Laikipia (Kenya) (2300 m) | duet, song - duet song
|
752985 xeno-canto.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-02-12 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 650751518 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2026-02-07 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 650627177 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis | African Bioacoustics Community | 2025-03-01 | Uitzicht Greenbelt Body of Water (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Kuils River (South Africa) (100 m) | call - 250HP, -3dB normalised. Recordist - A.Karamitsos
|
1087109 xeno-canto.org |
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