Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)

Other Names (World)
Japanese Wagtail, Japanese Pied Wagtail

Family
Motacillidae (Pipits And Wagtails)

Size
20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1885

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Japan, North Korea, Russia (Asian), South Korea, Taiwan (China).

Breeds in Japan; non-breeding visitor to Korea (has bred) and south to Taiwan.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis) [XC532311]
by id from Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan (call, song)

Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis) [XC89513]
by Phil Gregory from West Daejeon, South Korea (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Thought to form a superspecies with White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis), African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp) and Mekong Wagtail (Motacilla samveasnae). However, recent analyses of mitochondrial DNA, suggests that it is possibly more distantly related to this group, and may be a sister-taxon to a group containing White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) (with race lugens), Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava), Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) and Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea).

References
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