Grey Wagtail Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Motacilla flava
Family : Motacillidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages, Wetlands
Description : The Grey Wagtail is a small grey bird with a yellow vent and long tail (length 17 cm, weight 16.3 g, wing 8.2 cm, bill 1.6 cm, tarsus 2 cm, tail 9 cm approximately). The breeding male has grey upperparts, dark blackish-brown wings with white margins to the tertials, a yellow rump, and long blackish-brown tail with white outer edges. It has a white supercilium, eye ring and malar streak, grey ear-coverts and a black throat. The rest of the underparts are bright yellow. The female and non-breeding male looks like breeding male except for a white throat, and buffish white underparts with a yellow breast and vent. It feeds on insects with some small molluscs. It breeds in the Himalayas in April-July.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Ploceus philippinus
(Red Avadavat) -
Ploceus manyar
(Baya Weaver) -
Lonchura punctulata
(Tricoloured (Black‑headed) Munia) -
Anthus cervinus
(Rosy Pipit) -
Anthus trivialis
(Olive‑backed Pipit) -
Lonchura malacca
(Chestnut Munia) -
Anthus similis
(Western Yellow Wagtail) -
Anthus godlewskii
(Tawny Pipit) -
Passer montanus
(Forest Wagtail) -
Anthus roseatus
(Richard's Pipit)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: Imran Shah (www.inaturalist.org/people/ Imran Shah ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Niels Van Doninck(www.xeno-canto.org/Niels Van Doninck), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: Imran Shah (www.inaturalist.org/people/ Imran Shah ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Niels Van Doninck(www.xeno-canto.org/Niels Van Doninck), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.