Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)

This taxon is a subspecies of Motacilla flava [flavissima or lutea]

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Other related concepts

• Motacilla flava [flava x flavissima] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Geelkroongeelkwikkie
Arabic: أبو فصادة أصفر غربي (flavissima)
Asturian: Llavandera llendadora (flavissima)
Azerbaijani: Sarı çaydaçapan (flavissima yarımnövü)
Belarusian: Англійская жоўтая пліска
Bulgarian: Западноевропейска жълта стърчиопашка
Breton: Kannerez velen temzig
Catalan: Cuereta groga (flavissima), Cuereta groga anglesa
Czech: konipas luční (ssp. flavissima), Konipas luční anglický
Welsh: Siglen felen
Danish: Gul Vipstjert, Gulhovedet (ssp. flavissima), Gulhovedet Vipstjert
German: Englische Schafstelze, Schafstelze (Gelbkopf-Schafstelze), Schafstelze-flavissima
Greek: Κίτρινος Ζευκαλάτης, Κιτρινοσουσουράδα (flavissima), Ξαvθoκεφαλη κιτριvoσoυσoυραδα
Greek (Cypriot): Κίτρινος Ζευκαλάτης
English: British Yellow Wagtail, Dark-headed Yellow Wagtail, Western Yellow Wagtail (flavissima), Western Yellow Wagtail (Yellow), Western Yellow Wagtail (Yellowish-crowned), Yellow wagtail, Yellow-crowned Wagtail, Yellow-headed Wagtail, Yellowish-crowned Wagtail
English, HBW: Western Yellow Wagtail (flavissima)
English (IOC): Western Yellow Wagtail (flavissima)
English (United States): Western Yellow Wagtail (flavissima)
Esperanto: Brita flava motacilo
Spanish: Lavandera Boyera (flavissima), Lavandera Boyera británica, Lavandera Boyera Inglesa
Spanish (Spain): Lavandera boyera (flavissima)
Spanish (Mexico): Lavandera Amarilla Occidental (flavissima)
Estonian: inglise hänilane
Basque: Larre-buztanikara (flavissima)
Persian: دم‌ جنبانک شکم ‌زرد (flavissima)
Finnish: keltavästäräkki (flavissima)
French: Bergeronette flavéole, Bergeronnette flavéole, Bergeronnette printanière (flavéole), Bergeronnette printanière (flavissima)
Frisian: Ingelsk boumantsje
Irish: glasóg bhuí
Gaelic: Breacan buidhe
Galician: Lavandeira amarela (flavissima), Lavandeira amarela británica
Manx: Skibbag wuigh
Hebrew: נחליאלי צהוב (בריטי)
Croatian: Žutoglava pastirica
Hungarian: Angol sárga billegető
Armenian: Դեղին խաղտտնիկ (flavissima)
Icelandic: Gulerla (flavissima)
Italian: Cutrettola (flavissima), Cutrettola britannica
Japanese (romaji): nishitsumenagasekirei (flavissima)
Japanese: ニシツメナガセキレイ (flavissima), ニシツメナガセキレイ（flavissima）
Korean: 서양긴발톱할미새 (flavissima)
Cornish: Stenor melen
Scientific: Budytes flava flavissima, Budytes flavissima, Budytes Rayi, Motacila flava flavissima, Motacilla flava flavissima, Motacilla flava rayi, Motacilla flavissima, Motacilla morealis flavissima
Luxembourgish: Englesche Panewippchen
Lithuanian: Geltonoji kielė (flavissima)
Latvian: Rietumu dzeltenā cielava
Dutch: Engelse Gele Kwikstaart, Engelse Kwikstaart
Norwegian: Engelsk gulerle, Gulerle (flavissima), Gulerle, underarten flavissima
Polish: pliszka żółta (flavissima), pliszka zóltawa, pliszka żółtawa
Portuguese: Alvéola-amarela-inglesa
Portuguese (Portugal): alvéola-amarela (flavissima), Alvéola-amarela-britânica
Rhaeto-Romance: Ballacua britannica
Russian: Английская трясогузка, Жёлтая трясогузка (flavissima)
Slovak: trasochvost žltolíci, trasochvost žltolíci (skup.)
Slovenian: Angleška rumena pastirica, Rumena pastirica (flavissima)
Albanian: Bishtatundësi kokëverdhë
Serbian: Engleska žuta pisla, Žuta pliska (flavissima)
Swedish: Engelsk gulärla, gulärla (flavissima)
Turkish: İngiliz sarı kuyruksallayan, Sarı kuyruksallayan (flavissima)
Ukrainian: Плиска жовта британська
Chinese: 西黄鹡鸰 (flavissima)