Japanese Wagtail

Japanese Wagtail
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Motacillidae
Genus:	Motacilla
Species:	M. grandis
Binomial name
Motacilla grandis Sharpe, 1885

The Japanese Wagtail, Motacilla grandis, is a species of bird in the pipit and wagtail family Motacillidae. It breeds in Japan and Korea.^[1] Vagrant birds have been recorded in Taiwan, eastern China and far-eastern Russia.^[2] In Japan, it is generally common from Kyushu northward, but uncommon in northern and central Hokkaido.^[3] It breeds near human habitation in hilly countryside. It prefers the water's edge on gravelly rivers, ponds, and inland lakes.

References

1. ^ Choi Chang-Yong & Nam Hyun-Young (2008) Distribution of the Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis in Korea, Ornithological Science 7(1):85-91. [Abstract only]
2. ^ Brazil, Mark (2009) Birds of East Asia, Christopher Helm, London.
3. ^ Brazil, Mark A. (1991) The Birds of Japan, Christopher Helm, London.

• BirdLife International 2004. Motacilla grandis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

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