Wagtails, Pipits
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
The white wagtail (Motacilla alba) is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of Europe and Asia and parts of north Africa. It is resident in the mildest parts of its range, but otherwise migrates to Africa.
- Family
- Wagtails, Pipits
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 24 g
- Habitat
- Human Modified
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 111
