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Japanese Wagtail
Motacilla grandis Sharpe, 1885
The Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis) is a species of bird in the pipit and wagtail family Motacillidae.It is a japanese bird. It breeds in Japan and Korea. Vagrant birds have been recorded in Taiwan, eastern China and far-eastern Russia. In Japan, it is generally common from Kyushu northward, but uncommon in northern and central Hokkaido. It breeds near human habitation in hilly countryside. It prefers the water's edge on gravelly rivers, ponds, and inland lakes. Source: Wikipedia
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Motacillidae
Genus:
Motacilla
Scientific:
Motacilla grandis
Citation:
Sharpe, 1885
Reference:
Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. p.458,492
Protonym:
Motacilla grandis
Avibase ID:
B9F2A8B679D93AC2
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B9F2A8B6
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561230
Geographic range:
- Motacilla grandis: Breeds Japanese Islands; >China, Korea and Taiwan
Source: Clements checklist
Japanese Wagtail
Catalan:
cuereta del Japó
Czech:
konipas japonský
Danish:
Japansk Vipstjert
German:
Japanstelze
Spanish:
Lavandera Japonesa
Spanish (Spain):
Lavandera Japonesa
Finnish:
japaninvästäräkki
French:
Bergeronnette du Japon
Croatian:
japanska pastirica
Hungarian:
palaszínű billegető
Italian:
Ballerina del Giappone
Japanese (romaji):
segurosekirei
Japanese:
セグロセキレイ
Lithuanian:
Japoninė kielė
Dutch:
Japanse Kwikstaart
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Japanerle
Norwegian:
Japanerle
Polish:
pliszka duza
Portuguese:
Alvéola-do-japão
Russian:
Японская трясогузка
Slovak:
trasochvost japonský
Serbian:
Japanska pliska
Swedish:
japansk ärla
Ukrainian:
Плиска японська
Chinese:
日本鹡鸰
Chinese (Traditional):
日本鶺鴒
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Bergeronnette du Japon ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Bergeronnette du Japon ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 1st edition: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 4th edition: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 6th edition: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements, version 2015: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements, version 2016: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements, version 2017: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements, version 2018: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Clements, version 2019: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| eBird version 1.50: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| eBird version 1.52: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| eBird version 1.53: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| eBird version 1.54: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| eBird version 1.55: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| eBird version 2015: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| eBird version 2016: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| eBird version 2017: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| eBird version 2018: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| eBird version 2019: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Oriental Bird Club: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| James Lee Peters: Motacilla grandis |
| James Lee Peters (original): Motacilla grandis |
| James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Motacilla grandis |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Motacilla grandis |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Motacilla grandis |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
Catalan: cuereta del Japó
Czech: Konipas japonský
Danish: Japansk Vipstjert
German: Japanstelze
English: Japanese Pied Wagtail, Japanese Pied-Wagtail, Japanese Wagtail
English (IOC): Japanese Wagtail
Spanish: Lavandera Japonesa
Spanish (Spain): Lavandera Japonesa
Spanish (HBW): Japanese Wagtail
Estonian: jaapani linavästrik
Finnish: Japaninvästäräkki
French: Bergeronnette du Japon, Bergeronnette grise du Japon
Croatian: japanska pastirica
Hungarian: palaszínű billegető
Italian: Ballerina bianca del Giappone, Ballerina del Giappone
Japanese (romaji): se-guro sekirei, segurosekirei, Seguro-sekirei
Japanese: セグロセキレイ
Japanese (Kanji): 背黒鶺鴒
Korean: 검은등할미새
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-deung-halmi-sae
Scientific: Motacila grandis, Motacilla grandis
Lithuanian: Japoninė kielė
Latvian: Japānas cielava
Dutch: Japanse Kwikstaart
Norwegian Nynorsk: Japanerle
Norwegian: Japanerle
Polish: pliszka duza, pliszka duża
Pinyin: rìběn jílíng
Portuguese: Alvéola-do-japão
Russian: Трясогузка японская, Японская трясогузка
Slovak: trasochvost japonský
Serbian: Japanska pliska
Swedish: Japansk ärla
Ukrainian: Плиска японська
Chinese: 日本鶺鴒, 日本鹡鸰
Chinese (Traditional): 日本鶺鴒
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 日本鶺鴒
Chinese (Taiwan): 日本鹡鸰
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