| Japanese Wagtail | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Motacillidae |
| Genus: | Motacilla |
| Species: | M. grandis |
| Binomial name | |
| Motacilla grandis Sharpe, 1885 |
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The Japanese Wagtail, Motacilla grandis, is a species of bird in the pipit and wagtail family Motacillidae. It breeds in Japan and Korea.[1] Vagrant birds have been recorded in Taiwan, eastern China and far-eastern Russia.[2] In Japan, it is generally common from Kyushu northward, but uncommon in northern and central Hokkaido.[3] It breeds near human habitation in hilly countryside. It prefers the water's edge on gravelly rivers, ponds, and inland lakes.