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| 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
