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  Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)





Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea photo
Motacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)

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Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea photo
Grey Wagtail. Taken at Lydbrook, England

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Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea photo
otacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail) in Belgium (Brussels)

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GREY WAGTAIL FACTS

distribution map showing range of Motacilla cinerea in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.



Classification
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Motacillidae
Genus:Motacilla
Species:cinerea
Common Name:Grey Wagtail

Relatives in same Genus
  White Wagtail (M. alba)
  Citrine Wagtail (M. citreola)
  Yellow Wagtail (M. flava)
  Black-backed Wagtail (M. lugens)