Japanese wagtail

Japanese wagtail
In Japan
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Motacilla
Species: M. grandis
Binomial name
Motacilla grandis
Sharpe, 1885

The Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis) is a species of bird in the pipit and wagtail family Motacillidae. It breeds in Japan and Korea.[2] Vagrant birds have been recorded in Taiwan, eastern China and far-eastern Russia.[3] In Japan, it is generally common from Kyushu northward, but uncommon in northern and central Hokkaido.[4] It breeds near human habitation in hilly countryside. It prefers the water's edge on gravelly rivers, ponds, and inland lakes.

References

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  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Motacilla grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Choi Chang-Yong & Nam Hyun-Young (2008) Distribution of the Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis in Korea, Ornithological Science 7(1):85-91. [Abstract only]
  3. Brazil, Mark (2009) Birds of East Asia, Christopher Helm, London.
  4. Brazil, Mark A. (1991) The Birds of Japan, Christopher Helm, London.