WESTERN (ROMANIAN) YELLOW WAGTAIL (Male) (Motacilla flava subspecies M. f. dombrowskii) Palaiochora Harbour, Palaiochora, Crete, Greece

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The Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) is of the family Motacillidae, which includes longclaws, pipits and wagtails. It is a summer resident in the temperate regions of Western Asia and Europe which migrates south in early autumn to winter in southern Asia and Africa. Up to 20 subspecies are recognised including the Romanian Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava dombrowskii).

WESTERN (BLACK HEADED) YELLOW WAGTAIL (Motacilla flava subspecies M.f. feldegg) male, Palaiochora Harbour, Palaiochora, Crete, Greece

 

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The Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) is of the family Motacillidae which includes longclaws, pipits and wagtails. It is a summer resident in the temperate regions of Western Asia and Europe which migrates south in early autumn to winter in southern Asia and Africa. Up to 20 subspecies are recognised including the Black Headed Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava feldegg)

who’s breeding range extends east wards from the Balkans to the Caspian Sea and as far south as Iran.  

 

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BLACK HEADED (WESTERN) YELLOW WAGTAIL (Motacilla flava subspecies M. f. feldegg) male, Kaliakra, Bulgarevo, Bulgaria

 

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The Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) is of the family Motacillidae which includes longclaws, pipits and wagtails. It is a summer resident in the temperate regions of Western Asia and Europe which migrates south in early autumn to winter in southern Asia and Africa. Up to 20 subspecies are recognised including the Black Headed Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava feldegg).

 

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BLACK HEADED (WESTERN) YELLOW WAGTAIL (Motacilla flava subspecies M. f. feldegg) female, Kaliakra, Bulgarevo, Bulgaria

 

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The Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) is of the family Motacillidae which includes longclaws, pipits and wagtails. It is a summer resident in the temperate regions of Western Asia and Europe which migrates south in early autumn to winter in southern Asia and Africa. Up to 20 subspecies are recognised including the Black Headed Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava feldegg).

 

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WESTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava ssp. thunbergi Biebrza Marshes, (North.East).Poland

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WESTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava ssp. thunbergi Biebrza Marshes, (North.East).Poland

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YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava

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YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava

 

YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava