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A slender, long tailed wagtail with light bluish grey upperparts and white underparts with a narrow black breast band. The wings are black with white feather edges and two white wing covert bars. The outer tail is white and the tail centre is black. The face is blackish broken up with a white supercilium and the eyelid. Juveniles are browner than adults.
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When to see the Mountain Wagtail
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Mountain Wagtail
The map shades 20 countries with regular records, and 2 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.
About the Mountain Wagtail
The mountain wagtail, also known as the long-tailed wagtail or grey-backed wagtail, is a species of wagtail of the family Motacillidae from sub-Saharan Africa.
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Easily confused with
Madagascar WagtailMotacilla flaviventrisThe Madagascar wagtail is a large, elegant and slender wagtail which has grey upperparts, a white breast and a yellow belly.
Mekong WagtailMotacilla samveasnaeThe Mekong wagtail most closely resembles African pied wagtail M. aguimp, although two species ranges are far apart.
Sao Tome ShorttailMotacilla bocagiiThe São Tomé shorttail, also known as Bocage's longbill, is a species of passerine bird in the family Motacillidae.
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