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title: "Pliszka obrożna"
description: "Motacilla capensis — Ptaki. The Cape wagtail (Motacilla capensis), also known as Wells's wagtail, is a small insectivorous bird which is widespread in southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/cape-wagtail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pliszka obrożna

> Motacilla capensis — Ptaki. The Cape wagtail (Motacilla capensis), also known as Wells's wagtail, is a small insectivorous bird which is widespread in southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Motacilla capensis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki), `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 8413
- Wikidata: [Q386467](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386467)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13699](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13699)

## Names

- en: Cape Wagtail
- de: Kapstelze
- es: Lavandera de El Cabo
- fr: Bergeronnette du Cap
- pt: Alvéola-do-cabo
- pl: Pliszka obrożna

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (7471), NA (488), UG (49), BW (45), KE (37), LS (18), SZ (14), RW (13), MZ (12), ZM (10), AO (3)

## Summary

The Cape wagtail (Motacilla capensis), also known as Wells's wagtail, is a small insectivorous bird which is widespread in southern Africa. It frequents water's edge, lawns and gardens. It is a mostly resident, territorial species, but has been known to undertake limited altitudinal migration or form flocks outside of the breeding season. Like other wagtails they are passerine birds of the family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_wagtail

## Photo

![Pliszka obrożna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-wagtail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47318351

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-wagtail?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).