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  White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

White Wagtail | Motacilla alba photo
White Wagtail

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White Wagtail | Motacilla alba photo
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba), Biebrza National Park, Poland.

Image by Artur Miko?ajewski - Some rights reserved.    (view image details)

WHITE WAGTAIL FACTS

distribution map showing range of Motacilla alba in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.



Classification
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Motacillidae
Genus:Motacilla
Species:alba
Common Name:White Wagtail

Relatives in same Genus
  Grey Wagtail (M. cinerea)
  Citrine Wagtail (M. citreola)
  Yellow Wagtail (M. flava)
  Black-backed Wagtail (M. lugens)