Forest Wagtail
Dendronanthus indicus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Forest Wagtail
The Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds Russian Far East to southeastern China and southern Japan; winters to southern and southeastern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dendronanthus indicus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Forest Wagtail
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla indica
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- India.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.962
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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