Motacillidae
The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits.
They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. They are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs.
There are 54 species in five genera.
- Family Motacillidae
- Genus Anthus: typical pipits
- (34 species, listed at pipit)
- Genus Tmetothylacus
- Genus Motacilla: typical wagtails
- Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola
- Japanese Wagtail, Motacilla grandis
- White-browed Wagtail, Motacilla madaraspratensis
- African Pied Wagtail, Motacilla aguimp
- Mountain Wagtail, Motacilla clara
- Cape Wagtail, Motacilla capensis
- Madagascar Wagtail, Motacilla flaviventris
- Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail, Motacilla alba
- Black-backed Wagtail, Motacilla lugens
- Genus Dendroanthus
- Genus Macronyx: longclaws
Referenced By
American Pipit | Anthus | Blue-headed Wagtail | Blyth's Pipit | British birds/Passerines | British birds: passerines | Buff-bellied Pipit | Buff-breasted Pipit | Citrine Wagtail | Fantail | Grey Wagtail | List of British birds: Passerines | List of North American birds: passerines | List of birds | List of birds on Wikipedia | Longclaw | Meadow Pipit | Motacillidae | Olive-backed Pipit | Passeriform | Passeriformes | Passerine | Passerine British birds | Passerines | Pechora Pipit | Perching bird | Perching birds | Pied Wagtail | Pipit | Red-throated Pipit | Rhipidura | Rhipidurinae | Richard's Pipit | Rock Pipit | Tawny Pipit | Tree Pipit | Wagtail | Water Pipit | White Wagtail | Willie-wagtail | Willie Wagtail | Yellow Wagtail
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