Citrine Wagtail
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 724(Observe the Bird and recognize)...CITRINE WAGTAIL ..WATERCOLOUR...A4.....2016...[ From the ref. Photograph of Mr. Indranil Dasgupta ]... The citrine wagtail(Motacilla citreola) is a small songbird in the family Motacillidae. The term citrine refers to its yellowish colouration. Its systematics, phylogeny and taxonomy are subject of considerable debate in the early 21st century. This is because this bird forms acryptic species complex with the eastern (M. tschutschensis ) and western yellow wagtail (M. flava). Which of the many taxa in this group should properly refer to which population is unlikely to be resolved in the immediate future. Motacilla is the Latin name for the pied wagtail; although actually a diminutive of motare, " to move about", from medieval times it led to the misunderstanding of cilla as "tail". The specific citreola is Latin for "lemon yellow". It is a slender, 15.5–17 cm long bird, with the long, consta
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