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Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
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About the Citrine Wagtail
The citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) is a small songbird in the family Motacillidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Motacilla citreola
- Family
- Wagtails and Pipits
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the wagtails and pipits family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
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