Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla] (Western Yellow Wagtail [Ashy-headed])

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Western Yellow Wagtail [Ashy-headed]

Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla] (= Motacilla flava cinereocapilla) Savi, P 1831

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Motacillidae
Genus:
   Motacilla
Scientific:
  Motacilla flava cinereocapilla

Original description

Citation:
Savi, P 1831

Reference:
Nuov. Giornale Lett. 7 p.190

Protonym:
Motacilla cinereocapilla

Type locality:
Italy. 2

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
207A033B75B8B60F

Avibase ID:
avibase-207A033B

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/207A033B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 920814

Geographic range:

Motacilla flava cinereocapilla: Italy, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, and Slovenia; winters to west-central Africa
Motacilla flava pygmaea: Egypt (delta and south along Nile River)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Western Yellow Wagtail [Ashy-headed]
French:
Bergeronnette printanière [cinereocapilla]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Western Yellow Wagtail [Ashy-headed] ( Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Western Yellow Wagtail [Ashy-headed] ( Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Western Yellow Wagtail [Ashy-headed] ( Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Ashy-headed Wagtail ( Motacilla cinereocapilla) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Ashy-headed Wagtail ( Motacilla cinereocapilla) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Ashy-headed Wagtail ( Motacilla cinereocapilla) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Ashy-headed Wagtail ( Motacilla cinereocapilla) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Ashy-headed Wagtail ( Motacilla cinereocapilla) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Western Yellow Wagtail [Ashy-headed] ( Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Western Yellow Wagtail [Ashy-headed] ( Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Western Yellow Wagtail [Ashy-headed] ( Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla])
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition): Motacilla flava cinereocapilla [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla or iberiae]

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2 3 4 5

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Other related concepts

Motacilla flava [flava x cinereocapilla] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Catalan: Cuereta groga italiana
Czech: K. l. italský , Konipas lucní italský, Konipas luční italský
Danish: Gråhovedet Vipstjert
German: Aschköpfige Schafstelze, Schafstelze-cinereocapilla
Greek: Στακτοκέφαλος Ζευκαλάτης
Greek (Cypriot): Στακτοκέφαλος Ζευκαλάτης
English: Ashy-headed Wagtail, Ashy-headed Yellow Wagtail, Gray-headed Wagtail, Grey-headed Wagtail, Indian Blue-headed Wagtail, Western Yellow Wagtail (Ashy-headed), Western Yellow Wagtail [Ashy-headed], Yellow wagtail
Esperanto: Itala flava motacilo
Spanish: Lavandera Boyera Italiana
Estonian: itaalia hänilane
French: Bergeronnette à tête cendrée, Bergeronnette d'Italie, Bergeronnette printanière (à tête cendrée), Bergeronnette printanière [à tête cendrée], Bergeronnette printanière [cinereocapilla], Bergeronnette printanière à tête cendrée
Scientific: Budytes flava cinereocapilla, Motacila flava cinereocapilla, Motacilla cinereocapilla, Motacilla flava [cinereocapilla], Motacilla flava [cinerocapilla Group], Motacilla flava cinereocapilla, Motacilla morealis cinereocapilla
Dutch: Italiaanse Gele Kwikstaart, Italiaanse Kwikstaart
Norwegian: Gulerle (cinereocapilla), Gulerle, underarten cinereocapilla
Polish: pliszka apeninska, pliszka apenińska
Slovak: trasochvost sivohlavý