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Effects of parental effort on second brood, moult and survival in the Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) Science Article 1 abstract Negative effects of current reproductive effort on components of future reproduction, called the cost of reproduction’, have been shown experimentally in a wide range of avian species . A possible mechanism for the mediation of these costs between successive breeding se as ons may be the impairment […]

Phylogeographic patterns in Motacilla flava and Motacilla citreola: species limits and population history

Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) Science Article 2 abstract We conducted phylogeographic analyses of Motacilla fl ava (Yellow Wagtail) andM. citreola (Citrine Wagtail). We analyzed mitochondrial DNA sequences from 167 M. fl avaspecimens obtained from 17 localities throughout Eurasia and Alaska, and 38 specimens of M.citreola obtained from 7 Eurasian localities. Phylogenetic analysis revealed three clades […]

Breeding biology of the citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) in the Gdansk region (N Poland)

Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) Science Article 1 abstract In the years 1997-2001, I observed 28 broods of the Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) in the Gulf of Gdask region. First birds arrived at the study area at the end of April. A successful breeding cycle lasted about 1 month and included: 3-4 days of nest building, […]

Climate change and spring migration in the Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava : an Afrotropical perspective

Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava) Science Article 3 abstract Timing of pre-migratory fattening among Yellow Wagtails Motacilla flava wintering in Nigeria pre-1980 is compared with that in the period 2004-2006 to determine whether this has been affected by trends towards earlier spring phenology in Europe over the same period. Wagtails wintering in northern Nigeria showed later […]

Phylogeographic patterns in Motacilla flava and Motacilla citreola: species limits and population history

Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava) Science Article 1 abstract We conducted phylogeographic analyses of Motacilla fl ava (Yellow Wagtail) andM. citreola (Citrine Wagtail). We analyzed mitochondrial DNA sequences from 167 M. fl avaspecimens obtained from 17 localities throughout Eurasia and Alaska, and 38 specimens of M.citreola obtained from 7 Eurasian localities. Phylogenetic analysis revealed three clades […]

Communal roosting of Linnets (Carduelis cannabina) and Blue-headed Wagtails (Motacilla flava) at post-breeding period in Western Poland.

Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava) Science Article 2 abstract Communal roosting of Linnets (Carduelis cannabina) and Blue-headed Wagtails (Motacilla flava) at post-breeding period in Western Poland Surmacki A, Lorek G & Tryjanowski P., Vogelwarte. vol 40, no 1-2. p. 146-148 Download article download full text (pdf)

Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Motacillidae | [latin] Motacilla citreola | [UK] Citrine Wagtail | [FR] Bergeronnette citrine | [DE] Zitronenstelze | [ES] Lavandera cetrina | [NL] Citroenkwikstaart Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Motacilla citreola EU widespread OR Motacilla citreola calcarata Motacilla citreola citreola Motacilla citreola werae Physical charateristics […]

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Motacillidae | [latin] Motacilla cinerea | [UK] Grey Wagtail | [FR] Bergeronnette des ruisseaux | [DE] Gebirgsstelze | [ES] Lavandera Cascadena | [NL] Grote Gele Kwikstaart Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Motacilla cinerea EU widespread OR, AF Motacilla cinerea canariensis Motacilla cinerea cinerea Motacilla […]

Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Motacillidae | [latin] Motacilla flava | [UK] Blue-headed Wagtail | [FR] Bergeronnette printaniere | [DE] Schafstelze | [ES] Lavandera Boyera | [NL] Gele Kwikstaart Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Physical charateristics Smallest, most compact of west Palearctic wagtails, with form and silhouette more like […]