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 Encyclopedia article: Willie Wagtail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Willie Wagtails are at home in a wide variety of habitats, but avoid dense forest and particularly favour semi-open woodland or grassland with scattered trees.
Wagtails are never still for more than a few moments during daylight hours; even when perching they flick their long, fl tails from side to side constantly, twisting about to better watch for prey.
This species is unrelated to the Eurasian wagtail (Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks) s in the family Motacillidae (Pipits and wagtails).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/willie_wagtail.htm   (211 words)

  
 wagtail --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
Any of 7–10 passerine species in the genus Motacilla and the forest wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus) of Asia.
Wagtails continually pump their long tail up and down; the forest wagtail wags its entire body from side to side.
Males of the white, or pied, wagtail (M.
concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9382213   (101 words)

  
 wagtail on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cheeky and bold Wagtail a sight to behold
Study probes drastic decline of the yellow wagtail
O'CONNELL S-TWEET; Bird lovers worry wagtails will waver when trees are removed.(News)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-wagtail.asp   (272 words)

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