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What the Eastern Yellow Wagtail sounds like
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It is a slender 15–16 cm long bird, with the characteristic long, constantly wagging tail of its genus. The breeding adult male is basically olive-green above and yellow below. In other plumages, particularly first-winter birds but also many females, the yellow may be diluted by white. The heads of breeding males come in a variety of colours and patterns depending on subspecies.
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When to see the Eastern Yellow Wagtail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Eastern Yellow Wagtail
The map shades 40 countries with regular records, and 9 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Bhutan, Kuwait, Cyprus, Micronesia.
About the Eastern Yellow Wagtail
The eastern yellow wagtail is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. It was formerly usually classified as a subspecies of the western yellow wagtail, but was split from it in 2003 when genetic data showed this classification to be paraphyletic with respect to the citrine wagtail. It breeds in the eastern Palearctic and Alaska and migrates to South Asia and Australia.
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Easily confused with
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimpA striking black and white wagtail with black upperparts contrasting with white underparts, it has a white supercilium and a white patch in the folded wing.
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreolaIt is a slender, 15.5–17 cm long bird, with the long, constantly wagging tail characteristic of the genus Motacilla.
White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensisThe white-browed wagtail is the largest species of wagtail at 21 cm (8.3 in) length.
Side by side: Cape Wagtail vs Eastern Yellow Wagtail · Eastern Yellow Wagtail vs White-browed Wagtail · African Pied Wagtail vs Eastern Yellow Wagtail · Citrine Wagtail vs Eastern Yellow Wagtail
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