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Species status: species group (slash)

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Other related concepts

• Motacilla alba [alba or dukhuensis] (taxon group)
• Motacilla samveasnae (taxon group)
• Motacilla alba [lugens, alboides or leucopsis] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Witkwikkie
Arabic: الأصقع, الذعرة البيضاء, السلاحي
Asturian: Llavandera
Azerbaijani: Ağ çaydaçapan
Belarusian: Белая пліска, Сітаўка белая
Bulgarian: Бяла стърчиопашка
Bengali: ধলা খঞ্জন
Breton: Ar gannerez c'hris ar vengleuz
Catalan: Cuereta blanca, Cueta citrina, Xàtxero
Catalan (Balears): Xàtxero
Catalan, Valencian: Cueta citrina
Czech: Konipas bílý
Welsh: Brech y fuches, Brith y fuches, Brith yr oged, Sigldigwt, Sigldin y gŵys, Siglen fraith, Siglen wen, Sigl-i-gwt, Sigwti fach y dŵr, Tinsigl brith, Tinsigl y gwys
Danish: Hvid Vipstjert
German: Bachstelze
Greek: Λευκοσουσουράδα
English: European White Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, pied, Pied Wagtail, Swinhoe's wagtail, White or Black-backed Wagtail, White Wagtail, White, Mekong or Black-backed Wagtail
Esperanto: blanka motacilo
Spanish: Lavandera blanca, Lavandera Blanca Común, Lavandera Blanca Enlutada
Spanish (Mexico): lavandera blanca
Estonian: Linavästrik
Basque: Buztanikara zuria, Buztinikara zuri, Cuereta blanca
Finnish: Västäräkki
Faroese: Erla, Erla kongsdóttir
French: Bergeronette d'Yarrell, Bergeronnette de Yarrell, Bergeronnette grise, Bergeronnette grise ou B. lugubre, Bergeronnette grise, B. du Mékong ou B. lugubre, Lavandière
Frisian: Boumantsje
Irish: Glasóg, Glasóg bhán, Glasóg Shráide, Siubháinín an bhóthair
Gaelic: Breac an t-sil, Breac an t-Sìl, Breach an t-Sìl
Galician: Cuereta blanca , Lavandeira branca
Manx: Skibbag vane, Ushag voltee, Ushag Vreck
Hebrew: נחליאלי לבן
Croatian: Bijela Pastirica, Bijela pliska
Hungarian: Barázdabillegeto, Barázdabillegetõ
Armenian: [Spitak Khaghttnik ], Սպիտակ Խաղտտնիկ
Icelandic: Maríuerla
Italian: Ballerina bianca
Japanese (romaji): hakusekirei, Haku-sekirei, tairiku haku-sekirei, Tairikuhaku-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, კუდტანდრუქა, მასიქალა, მზეწვია, წანწკარა, წყალწყალა
Khakas: Ах ызығас
Kazakh: Ақ шақшақай
Kazakh (Transliteration): aq şaqşaqay, qara-moyın şaqşaqay
Korean: 알락할미새
Korean (Transliteration): allak-halmi-sae
Cornish: Stenor, Stenor gwyn
Scientific: Motacilla [alba or lugens], Motacilla [alba, samveasnae or lugens], Motacilla alba, Motacilla alba alba, Motacilla alba personata, Motacilla personata
Luxembourgish: Panewippchen
Lithuanian: Baltoji kiele, Baltoji kielė, Kielelė, Ledspira, Žiloji kielė
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, Kedidi Hitam-Putih
Maltese: Zakak Abjad
Nepali: फुस्रो टिकटिके
Dutch: Rouwkkwikstaart, Witte Kwikstaart
Norwegian: Linerle, Linille, Ringille, Sjetil + Vanlig 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 comum, Alvéola-branca, Alvéola-branca-comum
Rhaeto-Romance: Ballacua alva
Romanian: Codobatură albă
Romance (Other): Ballacua alva, ballacua grischa
Russian: Belaya Tryasoguzka, Белая трясогузка, Маскированная трясогузка, Трясогузка белая
Northern Sami: Beštor
Slovak: Trasochvost biely
Slovenian: bela pastirica
Albanian: Bishtatundësi i bardhë
Serbian: Bela pliska, bijela pastirica, bijela pliska, Бела плиска, Биjела плиска
Swedish: Sädesärla
Swahili: Tikisa Mweupe
Tamil: மஞ்சள் வாலாட்டி, வெள்ளை வாலாட்டி
Thai: นกอุ้มบาตร
Thai (Transliteration): nók ûm-bàat
Turkish: Ak Kuyruksallayan, Akkuyruksallayan, Ақ шақшақай, Қарамойын шақшақай
Tuvinian: Сайдаяк
Ukrainian: Біла плиска, Плиска біла
Vietnamese: Chìa vôi trắng, Chim Chìa vôi trắng
Chinese: [bai jiling], [bai-lian jiling], [dian-shui que], 濒鴒, 点水雀, 白脸鹡鸰, 白面鸟, 白颤儿, 白马兰花, 白鶺鴒, 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): [bai jiling], 白鶺鴒, 白鹡鸰