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Eastern Yellow Wagtail [simillima]

Motacilla tschutschensis [simillima] (= Motacilla tschutschensis simillima) Hartert, EJO 1905

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Motacillidae
Genus:
   Motacilla
Scientific:
  Motacilla tschutschensis simillima

Original description

Citation:
  Hartert, EJO 1905

Reference:
   Vög. paläarkt. Fauna Band I Heft VI p.289

Protonym:
  Motacilla flava simillima

Type locality:
  'Kamchatka' (type from the Sulu Archipelago).

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49566#page/363/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  58623A8CDDD0BC3A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-58623A8C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/58623A8C

Taxonomic Serial Number:

English:
Eastern Yellow Wagtail [simillima]
French:
Bergeronnette de Béringie [simillima]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eastern Yellow Wagtail [simillima] ( Motacilla tschutschensis [simillima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Kamchatka) ( Motacilla tschutschensis [simillima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Kamchatka) ( Motacilla tschutschensis [simillima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Eastern Yellow Wagtail [simillima] ( Motacilla tschutschensis [simillima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Kamchatka Wagtail ( Motacilla simillima) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Kamchatka Wagtail ( Motacilla simillima) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Kamchatka Wagtail ( Motacilla simillima) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Kamchatka Wagtail ( Motacilla simillima) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Kamchatka Wagtail ( Motacilla simillima) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Kamchatka) ( Motacilla tschutschensis [simillima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Kamchatka) ( Motacilla tschutschensis [simillima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Kamchatka) ( Motacilla tschutschensis [simillima])
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
Motacilla flava simillima [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 3]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Motacilla flava simillima [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Motacilla flava simillima [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Motacilla tschutschensis simillima [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Motacilla tschutschensis [tschutschensis, simillima or zaissanensis]

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Other synonyms

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Danish: Kamchatka Vipstjert, Kamchatkavipstjert
German: Schafstelze-simillima
English: Eastern Blue-headed Wagtail, Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Kamchatka), Eastern Yellow Wagtail [simillima], Kamchatka Wagtail, Kamtchatka Wagtail, North East Asian Yellow Wagtail, Siberian Wagtail, Siberian Yellow Wagtail, Siberian Yellow-Wagtail, Yellow wagtail
French: Bergeronnette de Béringie, Bergeronnette de Béringie (simillima), Bergeronnette de Béringie [du Kamtchatka], Bergeronnette de Béringie [simillima], Bergeronnette de Sibérie, Bergeronnette du Kamtchatka, Bergeronnette orientale, Bergeronnette printanière orientale
Japanese (romaji): Mamijiro-tsumenaga-sekirei
Korean: 흰눈썹긴발톱할미새
Scientific: Budytes flava simillima, Budytes tschutschensis simillima, Motacila flava simillima, Motacilla flava simillima, Motacilla morealis simillima, Motacilla simillima, Motacilla tschutschensis [simillima], Motacilla tschutschensis simillima
Polish: pliszka syberyjska
Slovak: trasochvost kamčatský

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