When is a yellow wagtail not a Yellow Wagtail? White Wagtail Vs Pied Wagtail info pls (UK) johno147uk: Bird Identification Q&A: 3: Thursday 25th April 2013 13:42: Pied wagtail or dark white wagtail? You may also find it in the Ethiopian region, Turkey, Iran and most of the palearctic part of Asia. This video will help you separate Yellow Wagtail from Grey Wagtail and Pied Wagtail. The Yellow Wagtail has clearly defined wing bars as formed by the pale covert feathers.
It is also to be found in the western parts of Alaska. In the summer male pied wagtails have a white forehead, cheeks and belly with a black mantle, head, throat and breast. Its black-and-white markings and long, wagging tail make it easy to identify as it hops across the road or lawn. The grey wagtail is more colourful than its name suggests with slate grey upper parts and distinctive lemon yellow under-tail. It has clear wingbars, greenish back tone rather than grey, wings are a similar colour to the back rather than blackish, no brilliant yellow under the (relatively short) tail, also the face pattern has a broadish supercilium flaring out well behing the eye. The adult male in breeding plumage is basically grey or black above, with white on the remiges, and bright yellow below and on the entire head except for the black nape. By comparison a Grey Wagtail of any age always displays slate grey wing feathers together with narrowly edged greyish coverts rather than the much whiter ones in the wing of a Yellow Wagtail. The back is grey.
White Wagtail Vs Pied Wagtail info pls (UK) johno147uk: Bird Identification Q&A: 3: Thursday 25th April 2013 13:42: Pied wagtail or dark white wagtail? [Switzerland] arno7: Bird Identification Q&A: 1: Tuesday 31st May 2011 19:10: Grey Wagtail or Yellow wagtail w. winter plumage? Its tail is noticeably longer than those of pied and yellow wagtails. [Switzerland] arno7: Bird Identification Q&A: 1: Tuesday 31st May 2011 19:10: Grey Wagtail or Yellow wagtail w. winter plumage? Juveniles are brownish grey with yellowish-white parts. During winter the back is darker grey and the throat is white. Wagtails, Motacilla... with White and Pied Wagtail,,Citrine Wagtail, and Yellow Wagtail, NO:Linerle: The Pied Wagtail is widespread over most of Europa, except for Svalbard, Baleares, Corsica, Sardinia og Cyprus. Welcome to The Grapevine where for 15 years we've helped to make growing vegetables easy. Females are darker grey with a black crown, throat, breast, rump and tail. Although Grey Wagtail is a more likely garden visitor, for me this is a female Yellow Wag. Share and learn with the UK's largest growing community. In reply to Jason:. This is a Pied Wagtail - which means that it is also a White Wagtail! The pied wagtail is a familiar bird across town and countryside.