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White Wagtail [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis]

Motacilla alba [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis] (= Motacilla alba) Linnaeus, C 1758




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


Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.185

Protonym:
  Motacilla alba

Type locality:
  Europa = Sweden.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/204/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  CB403A29937A75B4

Avibase ID:
  avibase-CB403A29

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/CB403A29


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 178477

Geographic range:

  • Motacilla alba alba: southeastern Greenland and Iceland to Faroe Islands, Europe, southern Urals, and Türkiye
  • Motacilla alba dukhuensis: central Russia to Caucasus, northwestern Iran, and Altai Mountains; winters Middle East to India
  • Motacilla alba yarrellii: Britain, Ireland, and adjacent coastal western continental Europe; winters to northwestern Africa
  • Motacilla alba subpersonata: western Morocco
  • Motacilla alba baicalensis: south-central Siberia to Mongolia and northeastern China; winters northeastern India to central Indochina
  • Motacilla alba personata: central Siberia to northwestern Mongolia, northern Iran, Afghanistan, and northern India
  • Motacilla alba ocularis: breeds northern Siberia and western Alaska; winters from northeastern India and China southward to Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo
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English:
White Wagtail [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis]
French:
Bergeronnette grise [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata ou ocularis]


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White Wagtail [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis] ( Motacilla alba [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White, Pied, Moroccan, Masked, Baikal or East Siberian Wagtail ( Motacilla [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
White Wagtail [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis] ( Motacilla alba [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White, Pied, Moroccan, Masked, Baikal or East Siberian Wagtail ( Motacilla [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White, Pied, Moroccan, Masked, Baikal or East Siberian Wagtail ( Motacilla [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White, Pied, Moroccan, Masked, Baikal or East Siberian Wagtail ( Motacilla [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White, Pied, Moroccan, Masked, Baikal or East Siberian Wagtail ( Motacilla [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White, Pied, Moroccan, Masked, Baikal or East Siberian Wagtail ( Motacilla [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White, Pied, Moroccan, Masked, Baikal or East Siberian Wagtail ( Motacilla [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White, Pied, Moroccan, Masked, Baikal or East Siberian Wagtail ( Motacilla [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White, Pied, Moroccan, Masked, Baikal or East Siberian Wagtail ( Motacilla [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis])
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba)
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla alba)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Bergeronnette grise ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Motacilla alba [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Motacilla alba

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Afrikaans: Witkwikkie
Arabic: الأصقع
Asturian: Llavandera
Azerbaijani: Ağ çaydaçapan
Belarusian: Белая пліска
Bulgarian: Бяла стърчиопашка
Bengali: ধলা খঞ্জন
Breton: Ar gannerez c'hris ar vengleuz
Catalan: Cuereta blanca
Catalan (Balears): Xàtxero
Valencian: Cueta citrina
Czech: Konipas bílý
Welsh: Siglen Fraith
Danish: Hvid Vipstjert
German: Bachstelze
Greek: Λευκοσουσουράδα
English: Masked Wagtail, Pied wagtail, White Wagtail, White Wagtail [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis], White, Pied, Moroccan, Masked, Baikal or East Siberian Wagtail
English (United Kingdom): Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail
English (Kenya): White Wagtail
Esperanto: blanka motacilo
Spanish: Lavandera Blanca
Spanish (Spain): Lavandera Blanca
Spanish (Mexico): Lavandera blanca
Spanish (Uruguay): White Wagtail
Estonian: linavästrik
Basque: Buztanikara zuria
Persian: دم‌جنبانک ابلق
Finnish: västäräkki
Faroese: Erla
French: Bergeronnette grise, Bergeronnette grise [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis], Bergeronnette grise [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata ou ocularis], Bergeronnette grise, B. de Yarrell, B. du Maroc, B. masquée, B. du lac Baïkal ou B. de Sibérie
Frisian: Boumantsje
Irish: Glasóg Shráide
Gaelic: Breac an t-Sìl
Galician: Lavandeira branca
Manx: Ushag Vreck
Hebrew: נחליאלי לבן
Croatian: Bijela Pastirica
Hungarian: barázdabillegető
Armenian: Սպիտակ Խաղտտնիկ
Icelandic: Maríuerla
Italian: Ballerina bianca
Japanese (romaji): tairiku haku-sekirei
Japanese: タイリクハクセキレイ, ハクセキレイ
Japanese (Kanji): 大陸白鶺鴒
Georgian: თეთრი ბოლოქანქალა, თეთრი ბოლოქანქარა
Khakas: Ах ызығас
Kazakh: Ақ шақшақай
Kazakh (Transliteration): aq şaqşaqay, qara-moyın şaqşaqay
Korean: 알락할미새
Korean (Transliteration): allak-halmi-sae
Cornish: Stenor
Scientific: Motacilla [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis], Motacilla alba, Motacilla alba [alba, yarrellii, subpersonata, baicalensis, personata or ocularis], Motacilla alba alba, Motacilla alba personata, Motacilla personata
Luxembourgish: Panewippchen
Lithuanian: Baltoji kiele
Latvian: Baltā cielava
Macedonian: Бела (Мала) тресиопашка
Malayalam: വെള്ള  വാലുകുലുക്കി 
Mongolian: Мэлзэн цэгцгий, Хүхэ сэсэгы, Хөх цэгцгий
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠦᠬᠡ ᠴᠡᠭᠴᠡᠭᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠦᠬᠡ ᠴᠡᠭᠴᠡᠬᠡᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хөх цэгцхий, Цэгцхий
Mongolian (Transliteration): khökh tsegtsgii, khökh tsegtskhii, khükhe sesegi, melzeŋ tsegtsgii, tsegtskhii
Malay: Burung Kedidi Hitam-Putih, Burung Pipit Pelanduk
Maltese: Zakak Abjad
Nepali: फुस्रो टिकटिके
Dutch: Witte Kwikstaart
Norwegian: Linerle
Polish: pliszka siwa
Pinyin: bái chànr (zhànr?, bái jílíng, bái mǎ lán-huā, bái-liǎn jílíng, bái-miàn niǎo, bīn-líng, diǎn-shuǐ què
Portuguese: Alvéola-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): Alvéola-branca
Romansh: Ballacua alva
Romanian: Codobatură albă
Russian: Белая трясогузка, Маскированная трясогузка
Scots: Breac an t-sil
Northern Sami: Beštor
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Sudu Halapenda
Slovak: trasochvost biely
Slovenian: bela pastirica
Albanian: Bisht lëkundësi laraman
Serbian: bijela pliska
Swedish: Sädesärla
Swahili: Tikisa Mweupe
Tamil: மஞ்சள் வாலாட்டி
Thai: นกอุ้มบาตร
Thai (Transliteration): nók ûm-bàat
Turkish: Ak Kuyruksallayan, Ақ шақшақай, Қарамойын шақшақай
Tuvinian: Сайдаяк
Ukrainian: Біла плиска
Vietnamese: Chim Chìa vôi trắng
Chinese: 濒鴒, 点水雀, 白脸鹡鸰, 白面鸟, 白颤儿, 白马兰花, 白鹡鸰
Chinese (Traditional): 瀕鴒, 白臉鶺鴒, 白面鳥, 白顫兒, 白馬蘭花, 白鶺鴒, 點水雀
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 白鶺鴒
Chinese (Taiwan): 白鹡鸰

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