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Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) Female
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) Female
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) Male
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) Male
Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) Female
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) Male

About Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Wagtails and Pipits

The western yellow wagtail is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia. Most populations are migratory, moving south to tropical Africa and southern Asia for the winter; the small population breeding in Egypt is however resident there.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2006-01-10

    Kheoladeo National Park, India
  • 2006-03-23

    Sultan's Marsh Bird Paradise, Turkey
  • 2006-03-25

    Goksu Delta, Turkey
    Image from 2006-03-25
    Image from 2006-03-25
  • 2008-07-20

    Tuva - Kyzyl, Russia
    Valley of the Kings
  • 2008-08-05

    Lake Teletskoye, Russia
    Near waterfall outside of town.
  • 2008-08-08

    Krasnoyarsk - Yenesey South Bank, Russia
    Image from 2008-08-08
  • 2011-01-04

    Lake Langano - Bishangari Forest, Ethiopia
  • 2011-01-06

    Lake Awasa, Ethiopia
  • 2011-01-13

    Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
    Dombrowskii ssp.
  • 2013-10-25

    Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
    ssp. flava
  • 2013-11-01

    Kalokol, Kenya
  • 2013-11-03

    Sibiloi National Park, Kenya
  • 2016-12-30

    Ras Al Khor, United Arab Emirates
  • 2017-01-01

    Mabamba Swamp, Uganda
  • 2017-01-02

    Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
  • 2017-01-04

    Lake Bunyoni, Uganda
  • 2017-01-08

    Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda
  • 2017-01-09

    Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda
  • 2017-01-11

    Bigodi Swamp, Uganda
  • 2017-01-14

    Entebbe, Uganda
  • 2025-01-30

    Maasai Steppe, Tanzania
    Image from 2025-01-30
  • 2025-01-31

    Monduli, Tanzania
  • 2025-02-10

    Pemba - Ngezi Forest, Tanzania