Saturday, March 9, 2019

EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL

Photographed at Broome water Treatment Plant at some distance; March, 2019

(*896)              EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL                Motacilla tschutschensis 

AUSTRALIA                   768



Breeds in Asia and has a foothold in North America in Alaska; populations migrate to South Asia and Australia. Insectivorous, inhabiting open country near water.

NOTE:
Current subspecies: 
angarensis:      South Siberian yellow Wagtail; breeds from Siberia to n Mongolia
leucocephala:  White-headed Yellow Wagtail; breeds nw Mongolia, China and Russia
taivana:            Green-crowned Yellow Wagtail; winter to Taiwan and Wallacea
macronyx:       Southeast Siberian Yellow Wagtail; winter nw of South China Sea
simillima         Bering Sea Yellow Wagtail; Kamchatka and Bering Sea






1 comment:

  1. sassy for little birds - Western Australia looks like a choice spot for twitching

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