Birds Guide

Motacillidae
White Wagtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae Horsfield, 1821
Genera
Anthus Tmetothylacus Motacilla Dendronanthus Macronyx

The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits.

They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. They are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs.

There are 54 species in five genera.

Species and Genera of Motacillidae

• Genus Anthus: typical pipits
  • (34 species, listed at pipit)
• Genus Tmetothylacus
  • Golden Pipit, Tmetothylacus tenellus
• Genus Motacilla: typical wagtails
  • Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava
    Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola
    Japanese Wagtail, Motacilla grandis
    White-browed Wagtail, Motacilla madaraspratensis
    African Pied Wagtail, Motacilla aguimp
    Mountain Wagtail, Motacilla clara
    Cape Wagtail, Motacilla capensis
    Madagascar Wagtail, Motacilla flaviventris
    Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
  • White Wagtail, Motacilla alba
    • White Wagtail, Motacilla alba alba
    • Pied Wagtail: Motacilla alba yarrellii
  • Black-backed Wagtail, Motacilla lugens
• Genus Dendronanthus
  • Forest Wagtail, Dendronanthus indicus
• Genus Macronyx: longclaws
  • Cape Longclaw, Macronyx capensis
    Yellow-throated Longclaw, Macronyx croceus
    Fulleborne’s Longclaw, Macronyx fuellebornii
    Sharpe’s Longclaw, Macronyx sharpei
    Abyssinian Longclaw, Macronyx flavicollis
    Pangani Longclaw, Macronyx aurantiigula
    Rosy-breasted Longclaw, Macronyx ameliae
    Grimwood’s Longclaw, Macronyx grimwoodi.

External links

• Motacillidae videos on the Internet Bird Collection