Citrine Wagtail Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Motacilla cinerea
Family : Motacillidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Wetlands
Description : The Citrine Wagtail is a small sleek lemon-yellow bird with a long tail (length 17 cm, weight 18 g, wing 8.2 cm, bill 2 cm, tarsus 2.7 cm, tail 7.5 cm approximately). The breeding-male has a completely yellow head, a grey or black nape, mantle, rump and wings with broad white tips to the median and greater wing-coverts, a dark brown tail with white outer edges, and rich lemon-yellow underparts. The adult non-breeding male and female have a grey crown, ear-coverts, nape and mantle, white wing bars, a broad yellow supercilium that continues to encircle the ear-coverts, and pale yellow underparts. It feeds on insects, their larvae and small molluscs. It breeds in Tibet in May-August and nests on the ground under tufts of grass or foot of a bush or under a stone.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Euodice malabarica
(White‑rumped Munia) -
Anthus cervinus
(Rosy Pipit) -
Motacilla maderaspatensis
(White Wagtail) -
Anthus richardi
(Paddyfield Pipit) -
Anthus rufulus
(Blyth's Pipit) -
Lonchura punctulata
(Tricoloured (Black‑headed) Munia) -
Lonchura malacca
(Chestnut Munia) -
Motacilla citreola
(Eastern Yellow Wagtail) -
Anthus roseatus
(Richard's Pipit) -
Anthus godlewskii
(Tawny 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:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Simon Elliott(www.xeno-canto.org/Simon Elliott), 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:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Simon Elliott(www.xeno-canto.org/Simon Elliott), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.