Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla tschutschensis Gmelin, JF, 1789

Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla tschutschensis, breeds in the eastern Palearctic and in Alaska, with its range also reaching north-east China and eastern Russia. It is a passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae. Gmelin first described it in 1789. It is a slender bird with the long tail typical of its genus, and the breeding male is olive-green above and yellow below. The bill and legs are black, and the hind claw is long and only slightly curved, which separates it from the western yellow wagtail.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Motacillidae — Wagtails, Pipits

Breeding range

Palearctic, North America: e Russia, ne China and Alaska