Motacilla

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Infraordo: Passerida • Superfamilia: Passeroidea • Familia: Motacillidae • Genus: Motacilla Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular names

• English: Wagtails
• Deutsch: Stelzen
• Esperanto: Motaciloj
• עברית: נחליאלי
• 日本語: セキレイ属 (鶺鴒属)
• lietuvių: Kielės
• português: Alvéola
• русский: Трясогузки
• svenska: Ärlesläktet
• Kiswahili: Tikisa
• ไทย: นกกระเด้าลม
• Türkçe: Kuyruksallayan
• 中文: 鶺鴒屬

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Motacilla

• Included species (for IOC classification 2.7):

M. aguimp, M. alba, M. capensis, M. cinerea, M. citreola, M. clara, M. flava, M. flaviventris, M. grandis, M. maderaspatensis, M. samveasnae, M. tschutschensis

• IOC link: Motacilla Linnaeus, 1758 subcat

• ITIS link: Motacilla Linnaeus, 1758

• IUCN link: Motacilla threatened species

Motacilla aguimp (cat.)

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Motacilla alba (cat.)

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  Motacilla alba alba, breeding
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  Motacilla alba alba, nonbreeding
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  Motacilla alba dukhunensis
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  Motacilla alba leucopsis, nonbreeding
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  Motacilla alba lugens
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  Motacilla alba personata, nonbreeding
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  Motacilla alba yarrellii

Nests, eggs, juveniles

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  juvenile

Illustrations

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  1. (upper left) Motacilla lugens Kittl. = Motacilla alba lugens Gloger, 1829
  2. (upper right) Motacilla ocularis Swinh. = Motacilla alba ocularis Swinhoe, 1860
  3. (left center) Motacilla ocularis Swinh. = Motacilla alba ocularis Swinhoe, 1860
  4. (right center) Motacilla lugens Kittl. = Motacilla alba lugens Gloger, 1829
  5. (lower left) Motacilla ocularis Swinh. = Motacilla alba ocularis Swinhoe, 1860
  6. (lower right) Motacilla ocularis Swinh. = Motacilla alba ocularis Swinhoe, 1860

  English: Streak-eyed Wagtail (upper left, right center) - Black-backed Wagtail (others)
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  1. (upper right) Motacilla hodgsoni Blyth = Motacilla alba alboides Hodgson, 1836
  2. (upper left) Motacilla hodgsoni Blyth = Motacilla alba alboides Hodgson, 1836
  3. (right center) Motacilla personata Gould = Motacilla alba personata Gould, 1861
  4. (left center) Motacilla personata Gould = Motacilla alba personata Gould, 1861
  5. (lower right) Motacilla persica Blanf. = hybrid Motacilla alba personata Gould, 1861 × Motacilla alba alba Linnaeus, 1758/Motacilla alba dukhunensis Sykes, 1832
  6. (lower left) Motacilla persica Blanf. = hybrid Motacilla alba personata Gould, 1861 × Motacilla alba alba Linnaeus, 1758/Motacilla alba dukhunensis Sykes, 1832

  English: Black-eared Wagtail (upper row) - Masked Wagtail (middle row) - "Persian White Wagtail" = Masked Wagtail × (Indian) White Wagtail (bottom row)
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  Motacilla alba dukhunensis
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Maps

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  subspecies map
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  Breeding (yellow), wintering (blue) and year round (green) range.

Motacilla capensis (cat.)

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Nests, eggs, juveniles

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  2 days
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  adult feeding juvenile

Motacilla cinerea (cat.)

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  Motacilla cinerea robusta
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Nests, eggs, juveniles

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  juvenile
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  adult feeding juvenile

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  Motacilla cinerea melanope

Motacilla citreola (cat.)

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  Motacilla citreola calcarata, male in breeding plumage
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  Motacilla citreola calcarata, male in breeding plumage
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  male in breeding plumage
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  adult female
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  Female in breeding plumage
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  adult nonbreding

Nests, eggs, juveniles

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  juvenile
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  juvenile
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Motacilla clara (cat.)

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Motacilla flava (cat.)

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  Kurdistan
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  male in Wallasea Island, Essex, England.
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  Motacilla flava beema, male
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  Motacilla flava beema, male
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  Motacilla flava flava, male
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  Motacilla flava feldegg, male
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  Motacilla flava melanogrisea, female
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  Motacilla flava feldegg, female
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Nests, eggs, juveniles

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  juvenile
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  juvenile

Illustrations

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  1. (upper right) Motacilla campestris Pall. = Motacilla flava lutea (S.G.Gmelin, 1774)
  2. (upper left) Motacilla campestris Pall. = Motacilla flava lutea (S.G.Gmelin, 1774)
  3. (right center) Motacilla flava L. = Motacilla alba ocularis Linnaeus, 1758
  4. (left center) Motacilla flava L. = Motacilla alba lugens Linnaeus, 1758
  5. (lower right) Motacilla flava L. = Motacilla alba ocularis Linnaeus, 1758
  6. (lower left) Motacilla flava L. subsp. α beema Sykes = Motacilla flava beema Sykes, 1832

  English: Yellow-headed Wagtail (upper row) - Blue-headed Wagtail (middle row, lower right) - Sykes's Wagtail (lower left)
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  1. (upper left) Motacilla borealis Sund. = Motacilla flava thunbergi Billberg, 1828
  2. (upper right) Motacilla borealis Sund. = Motacilla flava thunbergi Billberg, 1828
  3. (left center) Motacilla borealis Sund. = Motacilla flava thunbergi Billberg, 1828
  4. (right center) Motacilla borealis Sund. subsp. α cinereicapilla [sic] Savi = Motacilla flava cinereocapilla Savi, 1831
  5. (lower left) Motacilla borealis Sund. subsp. α cinereicapilla [sic] Savi = Motacilla flava cinereocapilla Savi, 1831
  6. (lower right) Motacilla borealis Sund. subsp. α cinereicapilla [sic] Savi = Motacilla flava cinereocapilla Savi, 1831

  English: Grey-headed Wagtail (upper row and left center) - Ashy-headed Wagtail (right center and lower row)
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  1. (upper left) Motacilla feldeggii [sic] Michah. = Motacilla flava feldegg Michahelles, 1830
  2. (upper right) Motacilla feldeggii [sic] Michah. = Motacilla flava feldegg Michahelles, 1830
  3. (left center) Motacilla feldeggii [sic] Michah. = Motacilla flava feldegg Michahelles, 1830
  4. (right center) Motacilla feldeggii [sic] Michah. = Motacilla flava feldegg Michahelles, 1830
  5. (lower left) Motacilla kaleniczenkii Kryn. = Motacilla flava feldegg Michahelles, 1830 var. kaleniczenkii
  6. (lower right) Motacilla xanthophrys Sharpe = Motacilla flava feldegg Michahelles, 1830 var. xanthophrys

  English: Black-headed Wagtail
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  Motacilla flava flava

Motacilla flaviventris (cat.)

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Motacilla grandis (cat.)

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Motacilla maderaspatensis (cat.)

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Motacilla samveasnae (cat.)

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Motacilla tschutschensis (cat.)

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