First-winter White Wagtails
Details of wing and rump and tail Sometimes a single image just does it! Justin Carr, our keen pioneering digiscoper – Mr. ‘in-fight’ shot – has taken a cracker (and it’s not in flight!). Two...
View ArticleGreen-backed Wagtail heads west?
can you ID vagrants? Mike Watson The eastern most of the eastern flava wagtail clade is a stunner. Do they reach west? Claims have come from the Indian sub-continent of taivana. Odd similar birds have...
View ArticleMore on taivana Wagtails in Middle East
and ‘xanthophrys’ – feldegg (Black-headed Wagtail) intergrade/hybrids Following Mike Watson’s images, Ian Boustead has flagged up another… so revisiting these stunning yellow and black Wagtails has...
View ArticleMixed Yellow Wagtails
Israel in spring is a great place to study Yellow Wagtail subspecies. There is a good mix of western and eastern forms, and the males are obviously very good looking in spring. Among the more distinct...
View ArticleEastern Yellow Wagtail in Scilly
By Yoav Perlman Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla (flava) tschutschensis is the eastern counterpart of Western Yellow Wagtail. It is divided into two main groups – ‘blue-headed’ with supercilium...
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