CITRINE WAGTAIL

 

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2023

(*328)          CITRINE WAGTAIL            Motacilla citreola

AUSTRALIA                 807

Also known as Yellow-headed Wagtail. 15.5-17 cm. Range across Asia but expanding into western Europe. Found in wet meadows and tundra.

EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL

Photographed on outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 896)                  EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL              Motacilla tschutschensis

CAMBODIA                    38

Common migrant to open habitats, including wet grasslands, golf courses, playing fields and bare ground, usually near water. 18 cm. Breeds across C and E Siberia, Mongolia, NE China, Japan to W Alaska; winters in S China, Taiwan and much of Southeast Asia, east to New Guinea and Australia.

FOREST WAGTAIL

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 1114           FOREST WAGTAIL              Dendronanthus indicus

CAMBODIA            8

Found along paths and in clearings in wooded areas.

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

FOREST WAGTAIL

March 2017

1114           FOREST WAGTAIL              Dendronanthus indicus

SRI LANKA            138

Found along paths and in clearings in wooded areas. 18 cm. Fairly common winter migrant throughout Sri Lanka.

WESTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL

Subspecies thunbergi, March 2017

1106                WESTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL                 Motacilla flava

SRI LANKA             128

Found in damp grasslands and marshes. 18 cm.  Four races have been recorded in Sri Lanka; thunbergi is common winter migrant throughout Sri Lanka, mainly in dry lowlands; other races are rare to very rare migrants to dry lowlands.

GREY WAGTAIL

Subspecies melanoma, March 2017

(*  313)               GREY WAGTAIL             Motacilla cinerea

SRI LANKA        114

Found near rivers and streams, favours fast-flowing rocky waters. 19 cm. Fairly common winter migrant mainly to the hills.

GREY WAGTAIL

Photographed at Beeshazar Wetlands, Nepal, March 2017

(*  313)               GREY WAGTAIL              Motacilla cinerea

NEPAL               127  

Breeds by fast flowing mountain streams; winters along slower moving streams. 19 cm. Common, widespread resident.

WHITE-BROWED WAGTAIL

Photographed at Chitin, Nepal, March 2017

1031             WHITE-BROWED WAGTAIL                   Mostacilla maderaspatensis

NEPAL              109

Riverbanks in broad valleys, pools and lakes. 21 cm. Fairly common widespread resident.

WHITE WAGTAIL

Photographed at Koshi Tappu, Nepal March 2017

994            WHITE WAGTAIL                   Motacilla alba

NEPAL                   48

Breeds by running water in open country in hills and mountains; winters in open country near water. 19 cm. Widespread; common passage migrant and winter visitor.

GREY WAGTAIL

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016

(see  313)              GREY WAGTAIL                   Motacilla cinerea

AUSTRALIA (Christmas Island)             685

In Australia found near running water in disused quarries, sandy, rocky streams in escarpments and rainforests, sewerage ponds, ploughed fields, airfields. 18-19 cm. Breeds from w Europe to Asia; migrates to Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia and NG.

EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

896                  EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL              Motacilla tschutschensis

SINGAPORE               (39)

Common migrant to open habitats, including wet grasslands, golf courses, playing fields and bare ground, usually near water. 18 cm. Breeds across C and E Siberia, Mongolia, NE China, Japan to W Alaska; winters in S China, Taiwan and much of Southeast Asia, east to New Guinea and Australia.

CITRINE WAGTAIL

Photographed in Pokhara, Nepal

328          CITRINE WAGTAIL            Motacilla citreola

Nepal           (5)

Also known as Yellow-headed Wagtail. 15.5-17 cm. Range across Asia but expanding into western Europe. Found in wet meadows and tundra.