Sunday, 4 September 2022

Grey Wagtail

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Motacillidae (Pipits & Wagtails)
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
黄腹灰鹡鸰 (huáng-fù huī jílíng)

    Malay : Pipit-Batu Pinggul Kuning
    Japanese : キセキレイ (ki sekirei)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 黄鶺鴒



    Size : 17–20 cm; Male 15–22 g, Female 14–20 g
    
    Subspecies (3) and Distribution
  • Motacilla cinerea [cinerea, canariensis, melanope or robusta] (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
    – breeds in Eurasia, from the Canary Islands, Europe, and north Africa (Atlas Mountains) east to Siberia and Japan; winters to north and east Africa, southern Asia, and southeastern Asia.
  • Motacilla cinerea schmitzi
    – Madeira.
  • Motacilla cinerea patriciae 
    – Azores (Furnas and São Miguel).

Motacilla cinerea [cinerea, canariensis, melanope or robusta]
Date : 03 September 2022
Location : Jalan Lady Maxwell, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

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