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Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla tschutschensisGmelin, JF, 1789
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Genus
- Motacilla
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The eastern yellow wagtail is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. It was formerly usually classified as a subspecies of the western yellow wagtail, but was split from it in 2003 when genetic data showed this classification to be paraphyletic with respect to the citrine wagtail. It breeds in the eastern Palearctic and Alaska and migrates to South Asia and Australia.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- PAL, NA : east Russia, north-east China and Alaska
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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