Breeding around Bering Strait to north-western Canada coast. Wintering regions around South China Sea. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava).
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) [XC876572]
by \u5c0f\u83dc\u9e1f from \u6d59\u6c5f\u7701, China (call)
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) [XC703740]
by Ray Tsu \u8bf8\u4ec1 from South Sloblands, Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland (call)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava).
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
plexa (Thayer & Bangs, 1914) - Breeding Siberia between Khatanga and Kolyma Rivers. Wintering India, south-east Asia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava).
tschutschensis Gmelin, 1789 - Breeding around Bering Strait to north-western Canada coast. Wintering regions around South China Sea. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava).
macronyx (Stresemann, 1920) - Breeding south-eastern Transbaikalia, east to coast, south to Manchuria. Wintering north-west of South China Sea. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava).
taivana (Swinhoe, 1863) - South-eastern Siberia to Sea of Okhotsk and northern Japan; >s Asia, Indonesia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Green-headed Wagtail (Motacilla taivana).