Motacilla

• “Adult male pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka (protonym, Motacilla pleschanka), also known as the common pied wheatear, Pleschanka's wheatear, or as Pleschanka's (pied) chat, photographed at Debre Libanos, Ethiopia (Africa).”

  The Guardian: Mystery bird: Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka

• “Bird species such as Tadorna ferrugine and Anas platyrhynchos occur in wetlands, Dendrocopos major in the forests while Parus major, Motacilla cinerea, Alaudia arvensis, Anthus hodgsoni, Lanius cristatus, Milvus migrans, and Corvus corax occur everywhere else in this area.”

  Altai montane forest and forest steppe

• “Birds with restricted range include the spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus), Jananese Robin (Erithacus akahige), Bull-headed Strike (Lanius bucephalus), and the Forest Wagtail (Motacilla lutea).”

  South Sakhalin-Kurile mixed forests

• “With regard to birds, the Motacilla or water-wagtails are seen at Churra and at Pundoa, are generally of yellow colour in place of white.”

  Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

• “_Plectrophanes_, two or three species of _Sylvia_, one _Phylloscopus_, and the _Motacilla_ must be added.”

  Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers

• “The wagtail most likely to be seen is the grey wagtail (_Motacilla melanope_).”

  Birds of the Indian Hills

• “This is the beautiful pied wagtail (_Motacilla maderaspatensis_), of which the charming song must be familiar to all residents of Madras.”

  Birds of the Indian Hills

• “The three species that visit India in the largest numbers are the white (_Motacilla alba_), the masked (_M. personata_) and the grey wagtail (_M. melanope_).”

  A Bird Calendar for Northern India

• “(_Copsychus saularis_) and the pied wagtail (_Motacilla maderaspatensis_).”

  A Bird Calendar for Northern India

• “(Motacilla alba), whom we well know in our gardens and whose whole length hardly attains eight inches, compel the sparrow-hawk to abandon its hunt.”

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