Motacillidae
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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.
Species and Genera of Motacillidae
- Genus Anthus: typical pipits
- * (34 species, listed at pipit)
- Genus Tmetothylacus
- * Golden Pipit, Tmetothylacus tenellus
- 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
- ** White Wagtail, Motacilla alba alba
- ** Pied Wagtail: Motacilla alba yarrellii
- * Black-backed Wagtail, Motacilla lugens
- Genus Dendronanthus
- * Forest Wagtail, Dendronanthus indicus
- Genus Macronyx: longclaws
- * Cape Longclaw, Macronyx capensis
- * Yellow-throated Longclaw, Macronyx croceus
- * Fulleborne’s Longclaw, Macronyx fuellebornii
- * Sharpe’s Longclaw, Macronyx sharpei
- * Abyssinian Longclaw, Macronyx flavicollis
- * Pangani Longclaw, Macronyx aurantiigula
- * Rosy-breasted Longclaw, Macronyx ameliae
- * Grimwood’s Longclaw, Macronyx grimwoodi.
External links
- [Motacillidae videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
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