Japanese Wagtail
Motacilla grandisSharpe, RB, 1885
English (US) Japanese Wagtail
The Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis) 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 Japanese Islands; winters to China, Korea, and TaiwanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Motacilla grandis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Japanese Wagtail
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1885
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1885
- Type locality
- Japan.
- Original description
- Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 10 p.492
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Yellow-breasted Pipit
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Yellow-throated Longclaw
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