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Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola   [Pallas, 1776]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae
BTO Codes: , CITWA EURING No: 10180
Number in Britain: 4 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: undetermined recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 26 cm Weight: M/F: 22 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: muttex a bird described by Hesychius and L. citreus=of the citrus tree (i.e. yellow)
World Distribution: BREEDS: N&c Asia, WINTERS: s Asia
Habitat: wet meadows, lake shores
Diet: Invertebrates, often aquatic from water's edge, will eat those disturbed by livestock
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Fair Isle, 1954 (Williamson, K. 1955. British Birds 48:26-29)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 178 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Fife (1968), Highland (1972), Lothian (2001), Northeast (1998), Outer Hebrides (2003), Orkney (2007), Shetland (2007),
   North-east England: Cleveland (1999), Northumberland (2005), East Yorkshire (2002), North Yorkshire (2003),
   North-west England: Lancashire (1997),
   English Midlands: Leicestershire (1991), Northamptonshire (1996), Warwickshire (1997),
   Eastern England: Essex (2006), Lincolnshire (1983), Norfolk (2006), Suffolk (2004),
   South-east England: Hampshire (2003), Kent (1990), Greater London (1994), Surrey (1993),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2004), Devon (1998), Dorset (1966), Isles of Scilly (2007),
   Wales: Pembrokeshire (2000),

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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Citronvipstjert Dutch: Citroenkwikstaart
Finnish: Sitruunavästäräkki French: Bergeronnette citrine
German: Zitronenstelze Hungarian: Citrombillegeto
Icelandic: Mýrerla Irish: Glasóg Chiotrónach
Italian: Cutrettola testagialla orientale Norwegian: Sitronerle
Polish: Pliszka cytrynowa Portuguese: Alvéola-citrina
Spanish: Lavandera cetrina Swedish: Citronärla
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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