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Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla tschutschensisGmelin, JF, 1789
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Genus
- Motacilla
At a glance
The Eastern Yellow Wagtail is a small bird, about 15–18 cm long, listed as Least Concern and native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 15–18 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does an Eastern Yellow Wagtail look like?
The Eastern Yellow Wagtail is a small bird, about 15–18 cm long and weighing 14–22 g.
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
03 · When
When to look
When can you see an Eastern Yellow Wagtail?
The Eastern Yellow Wagtail is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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