PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Motacilla tschutschensis  

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
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© Geoff Walker 2014
Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve, QLD (Mar, 2014)

The Eastern Yellow Wagtail is a rare visitor to South-East Queensland. Race simillima breeds in East Siberia and Kamchatka and migrates to Africa, South and South-East Asia, Indonesia and PNG.

It is a regular summer migrant to Northern Australia from Darwin to Broome and also to Northern Queensland usually in November to April.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Race simillima

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Race simillima

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Race simillima

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Race simillima

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)

Eastern Yellow Wagtail