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