White-browed Wagtail
Motacilla maderaspatensisGmelin, JF, 1789
English (US) White-browed Wagtail
The White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis) 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: Himalayas (northern Pakistan to Bangladesh) and peninsular IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Motacilla maderaspatensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-browed Wagtail
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1789
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla madaraspatensis
- 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.961
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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