Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Motacilla flava [feldegg or melanogrisea]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Azerbaijani: qarabaş titrəkquyruq
Catalan: Cuereta groga balcànica
Danish: Sorthovedet Vipstjert
German: Schafstelze-feldegg
English: Black-headed Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail (nominate), Western Yellow Wagtail (feldegg)
Esperanto: Nigrakapa flava motacilo
Estonian: mustpea-hänilane
French: Bergeronnette à tête noire, Bergeronnette à tête noire (nominal), Bergeronnette à tête noire (nominale), Bergeronnette à tête noire (race nominale), Bergeronnette printanière (à tête noire), Bergeronnette printanière (feldegg)
Kara-Kalpak: қара қасқалы шымшық
Kabardian: мывэкӀэпысгъуэжь щхьэфӀыцӀэ
Kazakh: басы қара қаратамақ торғай, қарабас шақшақай
Kirghiz: кара башыл жылкычы кучкач
Scientific: Budytes aralensis, Budytes flava feldegg, Motacila flava feldegg, Motacilla Feldegg, Motacilla feldegg feldegg, Motacilla flava feldegg, Motacilla morealis feldegg, Motacilla raddei
Luxembourgish: Balkanpanewippchen
Dutch: Balkankwikstaart
Russian: Черноголовая трясогузка
Turkmen: gara başly goýunguşy
Uzbek: қорабошли жибилажибон, қорабошли жиблажибон