Forest Wagtail Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Passer montanus
Family : Passeridae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : All kind of forests
Description : The Forest Wagtail is a olive-brown passerine with prominent wing-bars and double black breast-bands (length 17 cm, weight 16g, wing 8.3 cm, bill 1.7 cm, tarsus 2.2 cm, tail 7.2 cm approximately). The crown, nape, back and rump are olive-brown, its long tail is dark brown with white outer feathers. The wings are black with two broad yellowish-white bars on the coverts, and white at the base of the secondaries. It has a whitish supercilum and eye-ring. The underparts are white with two black breast-bands, with the lower band broken at the centre. Its bill is horn-brown with a paler base to the lower mandible. It feeds on spiders, ants and other insects. It breeds in China in May-June and nests on horizontal stems or crotches of small trees near water.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Motacilla alba
(Common Rosefinch) -
Anthus cervinus
(Rosy Pipit) -
Anthus rufulus
(Blyth's Pipit) -
Amandava amandava
(Indian Silverbill) -
Motacilla cinerea
(Citrine Wagtail) -
Anthus trivialis
(Olive‑backed Pipit) -
Anthus richardi
(Paddyfield Pipit) -
Lonchura striata
(Scaly‑breasted Munia) -
Anthus roseatus
(Richard's Pipit) -
Anthus hodgsoni
(Red‑throated 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 and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Stephan Risch(www.xeno-canto.org/Stephan Risch), 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 and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Stephan Risch(www.xeno-canto.org/Stephan Risch), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.