Adult © Jugdernamjil Nergui eBird S66520735 Macaulay Library ML 280498961
Adult © Ting-Wei (廷維) HUNG (洪)
Juvenile © Antonio Rodriguez-Sinovas
Adult © Weber Tsai
Adult © Margaret Viens
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Adult © Rick Franks

Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis

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Identification

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Large, boldly patterned, long-tailed songbird of waterside areas, particularly fast-flowing streams but also rivers, pools, inland lakes, and coastal areas. Adult male velveteen black with white belly, wings, throat, brow, and outer tail feathers. Adult female similar but grayish black above. Juvenile similar, with soft, pale gray upperparts; juvenile of Japanese subspecies of White Wagtail similar but shows white arc behind eye. Calls distinctively buzzy.

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