Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail
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24/10/2016
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 707..(Observe the Bird and recognize)..EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL ...[From a Photograph of mR. Sudhir Garg] ... Coloured Pencil ...A4...2016... The eastern yellow wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and long claws. This species breeds in temperate Asia and has a foothold in North America in Alaska. Populations migrate to south Asia and Australia. Vagrant individuals occur around the winter quarters at migration time. For example, on Palau in Micronesia migrant flocks of this species – apparently of the Bering Sea yellow wagtail, and including many adult males – are regularly seen, while further north on the Marianas, only the occasional stray individual – usually females or immatures as it seems – is encountered. It is a slender 15–16 cm long bird, with the characteristic long, constantly wagging tail of its genus. The breeding adult male is basically olive above and yellow be

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