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Mountain Wagtail

Motacilla clara Sharpe, RB 1908

The mountain wagtail, also known as the long-tailed wagtail or grey-backed wagtail, is a species of wagtail of the family Motacillidae from sub-Saharan Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Motacillidae
Genus:
   Motacilla
Scientific:
  Motacilla clara


Original description

Citation:
  Sharpe, RB 1908

Reference:
   Ibis ser.9, vol.2, no.6 p.341

Protonym:
  Motacilla clara

Type locality:
  Simen, Ethiopia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35543#page/399/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  747B3A52F2260C65

Avibase ID:
  avibase-747B3A52

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/747B3A52


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561228

Geographic range:

  • Motacilla clara clara: Ethiopia
  • Motacilla clara chapini: Sierra Leone to Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western Uganda
  • Motacilla clara torrentium: eastern Uganda to Kenya, Rwanda, Angola, and South Africa
English:
Mountain Wagtail
Catalan:
cuereta clara
Czech:
konipas bystřinný
Danish:
Afrikansk Bjergvipstjert
German:
Langschwanzstelze
Spanish:
Lavandera Clara
Spanish (Spain):
Lavandera Clara
Finnish:
koskivästäräkki
French:
Bergeronnette à longue queue
Croatian:
ogrličasta pastirica
Hungarian:
hosszúfarkú billegető
Italian:
Ballerina montana
Japanese (romaji):
haiirohakusekirei
Japanese:
ハイイロハクセキレイ
Lithuanian:
Ilgauodegė kielė
Dutch:
Bergkwikstaart
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bergerle
Norwegian:
Bergerle
Polish:
pliszka jasna
Portuguese:
alvéola-rabilonga
Portuguese (Portugal):
alvéola-rabilonga
Russian:
Длиннохвостая трясогузка
Slovak:
trasochvost potočný
Serbian:
Afrička planinska pliska
Swedish:
bergärla
Ukrainian:
Плиска ефіопська
Chinese:
非洲山鹡鸰
Chinese (Traditional):
麗鶺鴒


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Bergkwikkie
Azerbaijani: uzunquyruq çaydaçapan
Belarusian: Даўгахвостая пліска
Bulgarian: Дългоопашата стърчиопашка
Catalan: cuereta clara
Czech: konipas bystřinný, Konipas dlouhoocasý
Welsh: Siglen gynffonhir
Danish: Afrikansk Bjergvipstjert, Hvidbuget Bjergvipstjert
German: Langschwanzstelze
English: Gray-backed Wagtail, Grey-backed Wagtail, Longtailed Wagtail, Long-tailed Wagtail, Mountain Wagtail
English, HBW: Mountain Wagtail
English (IOC): Mountain Wagtail
English (Kenya): Mountain Wagtail
English (United States): Mountain Wagtail
Esperanto: Afrika montarmotacilo
Spanish: Lavandera Clara, Lavandera Montañés
Spanish (Spain): Lavandera Clara
Spanish (HBW): Mountain Wagtail
Estonian: kosevästrik
Finnish: Koskivästäräkki
French: Bergeronnette à longue queue, Bergeronnette clara, Bergeronnette de montagne
Galician: Lavandeira real
Croatian: ogrličasta pastirica
Hungarian: hosszúfarkú billegető
Italian: Ballerina codalunga, Ballerina montana
Japanese (romaji): haiirohakusekirei
Japanese: ハイイロハクセキレイ
Scientific: Motacila clara, Motacilla clara, Motacilla clara clara
Lithuanian: Ilgauodegė kielė
Latvian: Kalnu cielava
Dutch: Bergkwikstaart
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bergerle
Norwegian: Bergerle
Polish: pliszka jasna
Portuguese: Alveola de cauda comprida, Alvéola-de-cauda-comprida, Alvéola-rabilonga
Portuguese (Portugal): alvéola-rabilonga
Rhaeto-Romance: Ballacua da la cua lunga
Russian: Длиннохвостая трясогузка
Slovak: trasochvost potočný
Serbian: Afrička planinska pliska
Swedish: Bergärla
Swahili: Tikisa-mlima
Turkish: Gri kuyruksallayan
Tatar: озын койрыклы сиртмәкойрык
Ukrainian: Плиска ефіопська
Xhosa: Umcelu
Chinese: 非洲山鹡鸰
Chinese (Traditional): 麗鶺鴒
Zulu: umVemve

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