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Japanese Wagtail

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Motacilla
Species: M. grandis
Binomial name
Motacilla grandis
Sharpe, 1885

The Japanese Wagtail, Motacilla grandis, is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in China, Japan, the Korean peninsula, Russia, and Taiwan. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category. ... Scientific classification redirects here. ... Phyla Subkingdom Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subkingdom Agnotozoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Subkingdom Metazoa Radiata Cnidaria Ctenophora - Comb jellies Bilateria Protostomia Acoelomorpha Platyhelminthes - Flatworms Nemertina - Ribbon worms Gastrotricha Gnathostomulida - Jawed worms Micrognathozoa Rotifera - Rotifers Acanthocephala Priapulida Kinorhyncha Loricifera Entoprocta Nematoda - Roundworms Nematomorpha - Horsehair worms Cycliophora Mollusca - Mollusks Sipuncula - Peanut worms Annelida - Segmented... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera Anthus Tmetothylacus Motacilla Dendronanthus Macronyx The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. ... † see also: pipit, longclaw The wagtails are a group of small passerine birds with long tails which they wag frequently. ... Latin name redirects here. ... Richard Bowdler Sharpe (November 22, 1847 - December 25, 1909) was an English zoologist. ... For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation). ... Genera Anthus Tmetothylacus Motacilla Dendronanthus Macronyx The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. ... This article is about the Korean Peninsula. ...

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Wagtail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (113 words)
The Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) of Australia is unrelated.
Wagtails are slender, often colourful, ground-feeding insectivores of open country in the Old World.
The Mekong Wagtail was described as new to science by Duckworth et al.
OBC | publications | Mekong Wagtail | 1 (487 words)
It is highly distinctive, being the only fl-and-white wagtail in South-East Asia exhibiting the adult/first-adult plumage character combination of a fl forehead, lores and ear coverts, striking white supercilia, a white throat and white neck patch.(1,3)
It is unclear whether some birds make seasonal movements in response to rising water levels, but this is highly plausible given that some sections of channel mosaic and exposed riverbank used by breeding birds are completely submerged at the height of the high-flow season.
Mekong Wagtail's strong association with channel mosaic, notably rocks and bushes, recalls that of Jerdon's Bushchat in the upper Lao Mekong.(12,13) The bushchat has not been found downstream of Vientiane, north Laos.
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