White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)

Other Names (World)
White-browed Wagtail, Large Pied Wagtail

Family
Motacillidae (Pipits And Wagtails)

Size
21 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gmelin, 1789

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), India (B), Myanmar, Nepal (B), Pakistan (B).

Northern Pakistan eastern in Himalayan foothills to Bangladesh, probably to Arunachal Pradesh, and south through most of peninsular India.

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 (21)...)

White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis) [XC633431]
by id from Bagdoba, Bankura, West Bengal, India (call)

White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis) [XC335601]
by Mandar Bhagat from Bhusawal, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India (alarm call, call, song, power station auxiliaries)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Thought to form a superspecies with White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis), Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis) 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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