Wagtail
- This article is about the genera Motacilla and Dendronanthus. The Willie Wagtail ("Rhipidura leucophrys") of Australia is unrelated.
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- Genus Dendronanthus
- Dendronanthus indicus - Forest Wagtail
- GenusMotacilla
- Motacilla aguimp - African Pied Wagtail
- Motacilla alba - White Wagtail
- Motacilla alba alba
- Motacilla alba yarrellii - Pied Wagtail
- Motacilla capensis - Cape Wagtail
- Motacilla cinerea - Grey Wagtail
- Motacilla citreola - Citrine Wagtail
- Motacilla clara - Mountain Wagtail
- Motacilla flava - Blue-headed Wagtail
- Motacilla flaviventris - Madagascar Wagtail
- Motacilla grandis - Japanese Wagtail
- Motacilla madaraspatensis - White-browed Wagtail
- Motacilla samveasnae
The wagtails are a group of small passerine birds with long tails which they wag frequently. Motacilla, the root of the family and main generic name, means moving tail.
Characteristics
Wagtails are slender, often colourful, ground-feeding insectivores of open country in the Old World. They are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs at a time.