Wagtails
The wagtails are a genus of small passerine birds with long tails which they wag frequently. Motacilla, the root of the family and main generic name, means moving tail.
Characteristics
Wagtails are slender, often colorful, ground-feeding insectivores of open country in the Old World. They are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs at a time.
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus is also called a wagtail, but belongs to the Dendronanthus genus.
Species
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Motacilla alba alba
- Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-backed Wagtail Motacilla lugens
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- White-browed Wagtail Motacilla madaraspatensis
- Mekong Wagtail Motacilla samveasnae
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Madagascar Wagtail Motacilla flaviventris
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
The Mekong Wagtail was described as new to science by Duckworth et al. (2001).
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