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Showing posts with label flava. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flava. Show all posts

Tuesday 26 April 2016

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).

Sunday 24 January 2016

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.  
 
Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds

Wednesday 13 August 2014

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).
 
Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds

Sunday 10 August 2014

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

 
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Click here to see distribution map and to hear calls

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).
 
Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds