Wagtail
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Wagtails are a group of passerine birds that form the genus Motacilla in the family Motacillidae. The common name and genus name are derived from their characteristic tail pumping behaviour. Together
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Wagtail in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Young white wagtail
Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
White wagtail
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The white wagtail is a small passerine bird in the family Motacillidae, which also includes pipits and longclaws. The species breeds in the Palearctic zone in most of Europe and Asia and parts of Nort
Wagtail
…of Australia is not a true wagtail; it was named as such by early settlers from England from its superficial similarity in colour and behaviour to the pied wagtail, but belongs to an unrelated genus of birds known as fantails. The genus Motacilla was described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the…
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White wagtail female first summer
An adult with a juvenile in Kazakhstan
An adult in Sweden with insects in its beak to its young.