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	Wagtail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) of Australia is unrelated.
		Wagtails are slender, often colourful, ground-feeding insectivores of open country in the Old World.
		The Mekong Wagtail was described as new to science by Duckworth et al.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wagtail (113 words)

	OBC \| publications \| Mekong Wagtail \| 1
		It is highly distinctive, being the only fl-and-white wagtail in South-East Asia exhibiting the adult/first-adult plumage character combination of a fl forehead, lores and ear coverts, striking white supercilia, a white throat and white neck patch.(1,3)
		It is unclear whether some birds make seasonal movements in response to rising water levels, but this is highly plausible given that some sections of channel mosaic and exposed riverbank used by breeding birds are completely submerged at the height of the high-flow season.
		Mekong Wagtail's strong association with channel mosaic, notably rocks and bushes, recalls that of Jerdon's Bushchat in the upper Lao Mekong.(12,13) The bushchat has not been found downstream of Vientiane, north Laos.
	www.orientalbirdclub.org /publications/bullfeats/mekong.html (487 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Japan
		A new acquaintance is the dapper Japanese Wagtail, a study in fl and white (darker than the other wagtails), with a conspicuous white eye-stripe and flickering white wings in flight.
		They are always in action, sang a harsh, hurried typical wagtail song, and regularly chased the also quite common White Wagtails persistently (and never the other way round, although the two species are roughly the same size).
		A Japanese Wagtail pays a short visit, and during the entire hour I enjoy the company from my last new Japanese bird, a Common Sandpiper, that teeters and forages for insects all over the weir and the stones near the river bank.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/japan/japan1/glimpses.htm (3189 words)

	Where do you want to go birding in Japan today?
		Overall, I had a good time, saw a good cross-section of the Japanese countryside and Japanese birds, missed several species I should have seen, and was clearly too late in the year for the major shorebird migration.
		The Japanese total was 88 species, 49 new to me (as they would be to most who have not birded east Asia).
		Since it is still winter in Hokkaido, and the Red-crowned (Japanese) Cranes congregate there in one of the world's great wildlife spectacles, we decided to head to the northernmost of the four main Japanese islands.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/asiajapan.htm (2583 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- February 1997, week 1 (#216)
		The Japanese total was 90 species, 49 new to me (as they would be to most who have not birded east Asia).
		I prepared for this trip by obtaining from the ABA Mark Brazil's "A birdwatcher's Guide to Japan" and Jane Washburn Robinson's "A birder's guide to Japan." Their style is rather different and both were helpful.
		A splendid way to begin birding in and around the city is to walk from that station across the east branch of the Kama River (the Takano River) and then north past the administrative buildings of the Shimagamo Shrine.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9702a&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=14900 (2806 words)

	Japanese Wagtail - Motacilla grandis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There is considerable variation in the size of the white throat patch; otherwise, thankfully, it does not have the multiplicity of forms that make other wagtails difficult to identify.
		Japanese Wagtail is also easily identified by call, having a raspier, buzzier 'ji ji' than the chipping notes of Black-backed (White) Wagtail, which is also a common resident and visitor throughout Japan.
		ENDEMIC to Japan, the Japanese Wagtail is a locally common resident of Kyushu, Honshu and Shikoku, but it is rarer in northern and southern parts of the country.
	www.birdforum.net /bird_view.php?bid=4310 (245 words)

	All About Wagtail Birds
		Wagtails get their name because of their tail that wags constantly.
		Wagtails are ground birds that bobs their head in dove-like fashion
		The eggs of the Yellow Wagtail are smooth, glossy, and pale
	www.petcaretips.net /wagtail.html (248 words)

	Sarus Bird Tours - Japan Birding Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There is an optional pre-tour start to Karuizawa (£70) which provides opportunities for Copper Pheasant, Japanese Wagtail, Brown Dipper, Japanese Green and Japanese Pygmy Woodpeckers, Japanese Grosbeak, Meadow, and possibly Grey Buntings, Japanese and Bohemian Waxwings, Daurian Redstart, Long-tailed Rosefinch and Yellow-throated Bunting.
		Japanese Murrelet spends the winter in the area, and we can try and track down this scarce species, before heading across the island to the west.
		The whole area is excellent, and we hope to find Black-faced Spoonbill, Japanese Skylark, Brown-eared Bulbul, Brown Dipper, Chinese Penduline Tit, Pale, White’s and Brown Thrushes, Bull-headed Shrike, Oriental Greenfinch, White-cheeked Starling, Chinese and Japanese Grosbeaks, Russet Sparrow, Grey-headed, Rustic, Meadow and Yellow-throated Buntings and Daurian Jackdaw.
	www.sarusbirdtours.co.uk /japan.asp (739 words)

	Birdwatching trip report - Tobishima, Japan - surfbirds.com
		Sakata, the departure port for Tobishima, is an hour's flight and 15,000 yen from Tokyo; it is a small city, and the ferry dock is just half an hour from the airport.
		In early May you may still get many of the loons, shearwaters and alcids of this part of the world, and the endemic target, Japanese Murrelet is usually seen.
		Nagoshi Inn, a few steps from the ferry landing, is very modest by Japanese standards, but it is clean and pleasant, has a nice hot bath and, thank God, western-style toilets.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/tobishima.html (621 words)

	BirdForum - Bird in Japan
		I was thinking immature and Wagtail but had passed on Motacilla grandis because my bird is gray and not fl.
		Maybe the bird is gray and white as an immature and fl and white as an adult.
		The ones you saw in China Jane were probably White-faced Wagtail, Motacilla (alba) leucopsis, which seem to be the commonest race over much of mainland eastern Asia.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=21311 (338 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		(Very fine) Image + The common wagtail in towns in is usually found near water, including any that may be provided by people, hence it`s absence from the North and East of Kenya.
		During the day it`s usually seen alone or in pairs but gathers in communal roosts in the evenings...
		The continental race (White Wagtail) is a regular passage migrant...
	www.fatbirder.com /species_and_families/passerines/motacillidae.html (457 words)

	Anders Ödeen, Animal ecology EBC, UU
		My main research interest is speciation processes in laboratory and natural populations with special reference to the Yellow Wagtail complex (Motacilla flava), and the distribution, plumage morphology, and phylogeny of its races.
		My interest for the wagtails (genus Motacilla) also concerns the systematics and phylogeography of the white wagtail (Motacilla alba) and its closest relatives, the African pied wagtail (M.aguimp), Japanese wagtail (M. grandis), and the Indian large pied wagtail (M. maderaspatensis).
		My focus here is mainly on the perceptional and evolutionary significance of plumage-vision interactions.
	www.ebc.uu.se /zooeko/AndersO/index.shtml (300 words)

	Wader weekend 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Dunlin (Hama-shigi) 30++ Long-billed Dowitcher (Oohashi-shigi) 1 Black-headed Gull (Yuri-kamome) many Rufous Turtle-dove (Kiji-bato) Barn Swallow (Tsubame) Skylark (Hibari) Tree Sparrow (Suzume) Japanese Pipit (Tahibari) Anthus rubescens japonicus or Anthus japonicus Black-backed Wagtail (Haku-sekirei) Motacilla lugens or Motacilla alba lugence Japanese wagtail (Seguro-sekirei).There is one fanny bird.
		The wagtail w= as almost the same to Motacilla alba leucopsis (Hoojiro-hakusekirei), but th= ere are also small white spots on its back.
		The bird was a partial albino of Japanese wagtail.
	www.cs.le.ac.uk /people/ferjan/BIRDS/Waderweekend4.html (135 words)

	Birds found during FONT Japan Spring Birding Tour in 2004
		on the main Japanese island of Honshu (hn)
		Japanese (formerly part of Collared) Scops-Owl - hi
		Marsh Grassbird (or Japanese Marsh Warbler) (t3) - hn
	www.focusonnature.com /BirdListJapanSpringMay'04Tour.htm (252 words)

	100 Wild Birds in Japan
		Japanese Crane (Red-crowned Crane) / Kingfisher / Steller's Sea-eagle / White Wagtail / Skylark
		Japanese Reed Bunting / Peregrine Falcon / Izu Island Thrush / Narcissus Flycatcher / Swallow (House Swallow)
		Kentish Plover / Collared Turtle Dove / Pine Grosbeak / Cuckoo / Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk
	www.walk-gr.com /English/FrameRVTYachoHyaku.html (293 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2001093873 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Table of contents for Pipits and wagtails / Per Alstrèom and Krister Mild ; illustrated by Per Alstrèom and Bill Zetterstrèom.
		Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
		Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Pipits, Wagtails
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy046/2001093873.html (55 words)

	Kyoto and Arasaki, 1997
		I prepared for this trip by obtaining from the ABA Mark Brazil's
		Kyoto (at least the northern parts) is a beautiful city, very well organized and easy to get around.
		I found GREY HERON, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, MALLARD FERAL PIGEON, ORIENTAL TURTLE-DOVE, PYGMY WOODPECKER, JAPANESE WAGTAIL, BLACK-BACKED WAGTAIL, BROWN-EARED BULBUL, RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL, PALE THRUSH, GREAT and VARIED TIT, JAPANESE WHITE-EYE, BULL-HEADED SHRIKE, CARRION CROW, WHITE-CHEEKED STARLING, BRAMBLING, GREY-CAPPED GREENFINCH, HAWFINCH, BLACK-FACED BUNTING.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Kyoto97.html (2737 words)

	Birds found during FONT Japan Birding Tour - April 2001
		Kamchatka Gull (has been part of Common/Mew Gull)
		HI Japanese (formerly part of Eurasian) Skylark (note)
		Red-bellied Rock Thrush (conspecific w/ Blue Rock Thrush)
	www.focusonnature.com /BirdListJapanApr'01.htm (246 words)

	Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Black-backed Wagtail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Black-backed Wagtail
		World Bird Guide :: Wagtails and Pipits :: Black-backed Wagtail
		Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors
	www.mangoverde.com /birdsound/spec/spec124-3.html (103 words)

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