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The white wagtail (Motacilla alba) is a small passerine bird in the family Motacillidae, which also includes pipits and longclaws. The species breeds in the Palearctic zone in most of Europe and Asia and parts of North Africa ; it also has a toehold in western Alaska as a scarce breeder.
The type species is the white wagtail. [2] Motacilla is the Latin name for the pied wagtail; although actually a diminutive of motare, "to move about", from medieval times it led to the misunderstanding of cilla as "tail". [3]
The white-browed wagtail is the largest species of wagtail at 21 cm (8.3 in) length. It is a slender bird, with the characteristic long, constantly wagging tail of its genus. It has black upperparts, head and breast, with a white supercilium and large white wingbar. Unlike white wagtails it never has white on the forehead. The rest of the ...
White wagtail. Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae. Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws, and pipits. They are slender ground-feeding insectivores of open country. Eastern yellow wagtail, Motacilla tschutschensis (R) White wagtail, Montacilla alba (R)
White wagtail (national bird) Motacilla alba [30] Two-spotted ladybird (national insect) Adalia bipunctata [30] Lithuania: White stork (national bird) Ciconia ciconia [40] Malaysia: Malayan tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris [41] Mongolia: Saker falcon (national bird) Falco cherrug [42] [43] Nepal: Cow (national animal) Bos indicus [44]
In many books in this series (especially older editions), a number of the plates are in black and white. For examples, older editions of the Eastern reptiles/amphibians book had many black and white plates which were colorized for the current edition, [ 1 ] and the original 1934 Eastern bird book had only 4 color plates. [ 2 ]
The wagtails, longclaws, and pipits are a family, Motacillidae, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Around 70 species occur in five genera.The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominantly found in Europe, Africa, and Asia, with two species migrating and breeding in Alaska.
Distribution of white wagtail subspecies, with British pied wagtail (Motacillia alba yarellii) highlighted in blue. Red grouse – classified either as a distinct species or a subspecies of willow grouse – does not change plumage in winter as the willow grouse does – upland and moorland areas of Great Britain and Ireland.