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| Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola [Pallas, 1776] | |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Motacillidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 10180 | |
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Number in Britain:
4 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
undetermined recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
17 cm
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Wingspan: 26 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 22 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: muttex a bird described by Hesychius and L. citreus=of the citrus tree (i.e. yellow) |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: N&c Asia, WINTERS: s Asia |
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Habitat:
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wet meadows, lake shores |
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Diet:
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Invertebrates, often aquatic from water's edge, will eat those disturbed by livestock |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
Fair Isle, 1954
(Williamson, K. 1955. British Birds 48:26-29)
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
171
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Fife
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Highland
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Lothian
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Northeast
(1998),
Outer Hebrides
(2003),
Orkney
(2003),
Shetland
(2004),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(1999),
Northumberland
(2003),
East Yorkshire
(2002),
North Yorkshire
(2003),
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North-west England:
Lancashire
(1997),
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English Midlands:
Leicestershire
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Northamptonshire
(1996),
Warwickshire
(1997),
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Eastern England:
Essex
(1994),
Lincolnshire
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Norfolk
(2004),
Suffolk
(2004),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
(2003),
Kent
(1990),
Greater London
(2001),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2004),
Devon
(1998),
Somerset
(1996),
Isles of Scilly
(2002),
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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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