search

basic information
video
reports

Citrine Wagtail

Motacilla citreola (Pallas,1776)

Желтоголовая трясогузка

2014-04-18
Samarqand area, Chelek fishing farm
© Maksim Mitropolskiy

Description

The adult male of the Citrine Wagtail in breeding plumage have bright-yellow head and underparts; neck, mantle and uppertail are olive-grey; sometimes neck and its flanks are black; the flight feathers and wing coverts are black-brownish with broad white edges on the inner webs. The median and greater coverts are with white tips. The tail feathers are black or black-brownish with a much white on the two outer pairs. The bill and legs are black-brown, the eyes are brown. The adult female in breeding plumage is similar on the male but much dimmer. The head is probable same color with the back. After the autumn molting birds have brownish or olive tinge. The head is grayish-green almost same color with the back; the forehead and supercilium stay yellow; ear coverts are brownish mottled. Juveniles are olive-brownish above; the ear coverts are grayish-brown; the supercilium is pale buffy-white. The flight feathers and wing coverts are dark-brownish with broad buffy-white edges on the last secondaries, median and greater coverts. The tail feathers are black with much white on the two outer pairs. The underparts are off-white with buffy tinge on the breast and craw. The bill is brownish, legs are dark-brownish. Weight 14.4-22 grams, wing 72-91, tail 69-92 мм.

Subspecies

Motacilla citreola werae (Buturlin, 1907)

    Description. The mantle is lighter, more ashy grey, than on citreola. The size is in average less than on quassatrix. Male wing length 74.2-83.0 (78.9) mm.

Motacilla citreola calcarata (Hodgson, 1836)

    Description. Differs from other races by the black or blackish-grey mantle. Sometimes the black on the rear part of the back lacks the intensively and the color becomes blackish-grey.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 3. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1970. А.Ф.Ковшарь "Певчие птицы". Алма-Ата, "Кайнар", 1983.

supplement

subspecies

Motacilla citreola werae
(Buturlin, 1907)
Motacilla citreola calcarata
(Hodgson, 1836)

go to family:

in other projects

Birds of Belarus

Birds of Far East Russia

Indian Birds Club

Birds of Kazakhstan

Birds of Kyrgyzstan

Birds of Mongolia

Birds of Northern Eurasia

Birds of Qinghai

Birds of Russia

Birds of Europaean part of Russia

Birds of Siberia

Birds of Tajikistan

Birds of Tyumen Oblast

Birds of Ukraine

Birds of Xinjiang

unidentified birds


2023-12-26

Анна Ясько: Бормотушка. Похожа на северную из-за явной светлой брови и темной вершины клюва.

2023-04-16

John Pilgrim: Looks like a Terek Sandpiper to me...

2022-03-14

Игорь Фефелов: Во всяком случае, одно из двух морские голубки или озерные чайки. Больше похоже на озерную, но непонятно, не "зашкурена" ли голова шумами вместо [....]

more unidentified birds...