Western Yellow Wagtail

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25984

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
M. flava[6]
Diel cycle
diurnality
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern[3]
Parent taxon
Motacilla[4]
Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic
vulnerable
Taxon author citation
Linnaeus, 1758
Taxon common name
Western Yellow Wagtail, Schafstelze, Lavandera boyera, Bergeronnette printanière, Cutrettola, Gele Kwikstaart, Gul Vipstjert, Gulerle, Geelkwikkie, Жёлтая трясогузка, gulärla, keltavästäräkki, pliszka żółta, hänilane, konipas luční, trasochvost žltý, sárga billegető, rumena pastirica, alvéola-amarela, cuereta groga, siglen felen, Yellow Wagtail, geltonoji kielė, Kicuit kerbau, Gulerla, dzeltenā cielava, gele kwikstaart, bergeronnette printanière, плиска жовта, Lullifiskesbeštor, žuta pastirica, 西黄鹡鸰, llavandera mariella, Wiesenschafstelze, Lavandera Boyera, yellow wagtail, alvéola-amarela-comum[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Taxon name
Motacilla flava[5]
Taxon range
Africa, Burkina Faso
Taxon rank
species[2]
Wingspan
+0.26[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Motacilla flava en Yellow wagtail en Western Yellow Wagtail ar ذعرة صفراء ar مرطيزة ar ذعرة الربيع ar قوبع ar ذعرة رمادية ar فتاح cs konipas luční da Motacilla flava da Gul vipstjert de Wolgaschafstelze de Wiesenschafstelze de Wiesenstelze de Schafstelze de Viehstelze el Κιτρινοσουσουράδα es Lavandera boyera fa دم‌جنبانک زرد غربی
🔖 Identifiers · 64
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Wiesenschafstelze.JPG ↗
ADW taxon ID
Motacilla_flava
AnimalBase ID
3060
Avibase taxon ID
5983D677
BOLD Systems taxon ID
9651
BTO Birds of Britain ID
bob10170
BTO five-letter code
YELWA
Belgian Species List ID
4626
BioLib taxon ID
8847
BirdLife taxon ID
103822349
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Birdata ID
877
Birds of India ID
1415
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
schafstelze
Catalogue of Life ID
44G9F
Czech NDOP taxon ID
1273
Dyntaxa ID
205761
EBiodiversity ID
78146
EBird taxon ID
eaywag1
EPPO Code
MOTAFL
EURING number
10170
Elhuyar ZTH ID
033420
Encyclopedia of Life ID
45511043
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/yellow-wagtail
External data available at URL
www.gbif.org
Fauna Europaea ID
97424
Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID
MX.32180
Fossilworks taxon ID
369333
Freebase ID
/m/01xl4n
GBIF taxon ID
9701857
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
gulerle
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3145626
INaturalist taxon ID
204545
IRMNG ID
10840352
ITIS TSN
178483
IUCN taxon ID
103822349
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
239537
MyBIS species ID
21955
NBIC scientific name ID
4340
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000530496
NCBI taxonomy ID
180448
NParks Flora & Fauna Web ID
fauna/5/2/521
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
taxon/BA5104E6-3A62-4F4B-B836-3AD1FDEAD52A
Naturbasen species ID
484/gul-vipstjert
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
139599
Observation.org taxon ID
95
Open Tree of Life ID
645461
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
369333
Salzburgwiki ID
63007
TAXREF ID
3741
TERMDAT concept ID
319798
Tierstimmenarchiv ID
10977
Topic's main category
Category:Motacilla flava
WikiKids ID
Gele_kwikstaart
WoRMS-ID for taxa
212754
Xeno-canto species ID
Motacilla-flava
ZOBODAT taxon ID
20381

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Summary

Western Yellow Wagtail is a taxon[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Flight speeds among bird species: allometric and phylogenetic effects. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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