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A profile shot of the "Blue-headed" or iberiae, form of the Yellow Wagtail complex.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Aperture Value
f/6.3
Exposure Bias Value
-0.33 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
420 mm
ISO
100
Metering Mode
Partial
Shutter Speed Value
1/500 sec
Date/Time
Thu 08 Apr 2010 08:09:23 AM EDT
English Western Yellow Wagtail
Scientific (Motacilla flava)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Motacillidae
Family (English) Wagtails, Pipits
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions OR, AF
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Angola,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain, Bangladesh,Belarus,Belgium,Benin,Bhutan,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Botswana,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Burundi, Cambodia,Cameroon,Canada,Central African Republic,Chad,China,Comoros,Congo,Croatia,Cyprus, Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark,Djibouti,Egypt,Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Finland, France,Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Gibraltar,Greece,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong,Hungary,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy, Ivory Coast,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Latvia,Lebanon, Liberia,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macao,Macedonia,Malawi,Malaysia,Maldives, Mali,Malta,Mauritania,Micronesia,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Mozambique, Myanmar,Namibia,Netherlands,Niger,Nigeria,North Korea,Northern Mariana Islands,Norway,Oman,Pakistan, Palau,Palestine,Papua New Guinea,Philippines,Poland,Portugal,Qatar,Romania,Russia,Rwanda, San Marino,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Sierra Leone,Singapore,Slovakia,Slovenia,Somalia,South Africa, South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Swaziland,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan, Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Togo,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,United States - Alaska,Uzbekistan,Vietnam,Western Sahara,Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
flavissima Britain and coastal Europe
feldegg the Balkans and Turkey to Iran and Afghanistan
leucocephala nw Mongolia, nw China and sc Siberia
pygmaea Egypt
cinereocapilla Italy, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and Slovenia
iberiae Iberian Pen., sw France and nw Africa
beema sw Siberia and ne Kazakhstan to w Himalayas
flava n, c Europe to the Ural Mts.
lutea sw Russia to nw, nc Kazakhstan
thunbergi n Europe to nw Siberia
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Linnaeus, 1758: NOTE(TAX: Subspecies follow Alstroem & Mild (2003).)
German Schafstelze
French Bergeronnette printanière
Chinese 西黄鹡鸰
Japanese ニシツメナガセキレイ
Russian Жёлтая трясогузка
Spanish Lavandera boyera
Portuguese alvéola-amarela-comum
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)