White‑browed Wagtail Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Motacilla tschutschensis
Family : Motacillidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Wetlands
Description : The White-browed Wagtail is a sleek, black and white passerine with a long tail and very prominent white supercilium (length 21 cm, weight 31 g, wing 9.5 cm, bill 2 cm, tarsus 2.7 cm, tail 9.8 cm approximately). The male is nearly all black from above except for a broad white band on the wings and white fringes to the flight feathers and edge of the tail. It has a long white supercilium starting from the base of the bill. Its throat and breast are black, and the rest of its underparts are white. It feeds on locusts, beetles, dragonflies, snails and seeds. While foraging it wags its tail up and down. It breeds in March-May and sings in January-October.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Motacilla flava
(Grey Wagtail) -
Lonchura atricapilla
(House Sparrow) -
Anthus rufulus
(Blyth's Pipit) -
Anthus similis
(Western Yellow Wagtail) -
Dendronanthus indicus
(Tree Pipit) -
Passer montanus
(Forest Wagtail) -
Anthus campestris
(Long‑billed Pipit) -
Ploceus benghalensis
(Streaked Weaver) -
Motacilla alba
(Common Rosefinch) -
Anthus trivialis
(Olive‑backed 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: Игорь Двуреков(www.inaturalist.org/people/ Игорь Двуреков),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:Philippe J. DUBOIS(www.xeno-canto.org/Philippe J. DUBOIS), 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: Игорь Двуреков(www.inaturalist.org/people/ Игорь Двуреков),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:Philippe J. DUBOIS(www.xeno-canto.org/Philippe J. DUBOIS), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.