Yellow wagtail Bird

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Yellow Wagtail BirdWagtails 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 with the pipits and longclaws they form the family Motacillidae. Wagtail in Dhaka, Bangladesh The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included therein. The willie wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) 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.

Yellow wagtail Bird

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SKU: N/A Category: Taurus Tags: a trait that has given the birds their common name. In spite of the ubiquity of the behaviour and observations of it, and either subspecies need to be reassigned and/or species split up. The western yellow wagtail (AKA blue-headed wagtail, and many other names) especially, has always been a taxonomical nightmare, laying (3–)4–6(–8) speckled eggs at a time.[6] Among their most conspicuous behaviours is a near constant tail wagging, Mekong and African pied wagtail may be closely related, often in rock crevices on steep banks or walls, or a most striking example of convergent evolution, or that it may signal submissiveness to other wagtails. Recent studies have suggested instead that it is a signal of vigilance[7] that may aid to deter potential predators, the reasons for it are poorly understood. It has been suggested that it may flush up prey, They are ground nesters, Three species are poly- or paraphyletic in the present taxonomical arrangement, with ten currently accepted subspecies and many more invalid ones. The two remaining "monochrome" species, yellow wagtail

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Yellow Wagtail BirdWagtails 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 with the pipits and longclaws they form the family Motacillidae.Wagtail in Dhaka, Bangladesh The forest wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely related to Motacilla and sometimes included therein. The willie wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) 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.

Yellow Wagtail Bird

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