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Japanese Wagtail

Motacilla grandis Sharpe, RB 1885

The Japanese wagtail is a species of bird in the pipit and wagtail family Motacillidae. It is native to Japan and Korea. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  Sharpe, RB 1885

Reference:
   Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 10 p.458,492

Protonym:
  Motacilla grandis

Type locality:
  Japan.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8324878

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  B9F2A8B679D93AC2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-B9F2A8B6

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B9F2A8B6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561230

Geographic range:

  • Motacilla grandis: breeds Japanese Islands; winters to China, Korea, and Taiwan
Source: Clements checklist
English:
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 duża
Portuguese:
Alvéola-do-japão
Portuguese (Portugal):
alvéola-japonesa
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):
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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. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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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 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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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):
Bergeronnette du Japon ( Motacilla grandis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Japanese Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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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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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis)
Oriental Bird Club:
Japanese Wagtail ( Motacilla grandis)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Motacilla grandis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Motacilla grandis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Motacilla grandis
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:
Motacilla grandis
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Motacilla grandis

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: yapon çaydaçapanı
Belarusian: Японская пліска
Bulgarian: Японска стърчиопашка
Breton: Kannerez Japan
Catalan: cuereta del Japó
Czech: Konipas japonský
Welsh: Siglen fraith Japan
Danish: Japansk Vipstjert
German: Japanstelze
English: Japanese Pied Wagtail, Japanese Pied-Wagtail, Japanese Wagtail
English, HBW: Japanese Wagtail
English (IOC): Japanese Wagtail
English (United States): Japanese Wagtail
Esperanto: Japana motacilo
Spanish: Lavandera Japonesa
Spanish (Spain): Lavandera Japonesa
Spanish (HBW): Japanese Wagtail
Estonian: jaapani linavästrik
Finnish: Japaninvästäräkki
French: Bergeronnette du Japon, Bergeronnette grise du Japon
Frisian: Japansk boumantsje
Irish: Glasóg Sheapánach
Galician: Lavandeira do Xapón
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
Portuguese (Portugal): alvéola-japonesa
Rhaeto-Romance: Ballacua giapunaisa
Romanian: Codobatură japoneză
Russian: Трясогузка японская, Японская трясогузка
Slovak: trasochvost japonský
Slovenian: Japonska pastirica
Serbian: Japanska pliska
Swedish: Japansk ärla
Turkish: Japon kuyruksallayanı
Tatar: Япон сиртмәкойрыгы
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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