Breeding around Bering Strait to north-western Canada coast. Wintering regions around South China Sea. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava).
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) [XC840848]
by Bo Shunqi \u8584\u987a\u5947 from Jiuduansha Wetland National Nature Reserve, Shanghai, China (call, flight call, wing beats)
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) [XC506942]
by Andrew Harrop from Great Britain (near Dunwich), Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (call)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue-headed 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 Blue-headed 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 Blue-headed 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 Blue-headed 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).