Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaTunstall, M, 1771
English (US) Gray Wagtail
UK name: Grey Wagtail
The Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) 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.
- Scientific name
- Motacilla cinerea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Wagtail
- English (UK)
- Grey Wagtail
- Described by
- Tunstall, M, 1771
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Motacilla cinerea patriciae
- Motacilla cinerea schmitzi
- Motacilla cinerea cinerea
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla Cinerea
- Described by
- Tunstall, M, 1771
- Type locality
- no locality = Wycliffe, Yorkshire, England, fide Clancey, 1946.
- Original description
- Ornithologia Britannica: seu avium omnium Britannicarum tam terrestrium, quam aquaticarum catalogus (etc.) p.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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