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White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Alexander V. Badyaev, Daniel D. Gibson, and Brina Kessel
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 1996
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witkwikkie |
| Albanian | Bishtatundësi i bardhë |
| Arabic | أبوفصادة ابيض |
| Armenian | Սպիտակ խաղտտնիկ |
| Asturian | Llavandera blanca |
| Azerbaijani | Ağ çaydaçapan |
| Bangla | সাদা খঞ্জনা |
| Basque | Buztanikara zuria |
| Bulgarian | Бяла стърчиопашка |
| Catalan | cuereta blanca |
| Chinese | 白鶺鴒 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白鶺鴒 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白鹡鸰 |
| Croatian | bijela pastirica |
| Czech | konipas bílý |
| Danish | Hvid Vipstjert |
| Dutch | Witte Kwikstaart |
| English | White Wagtail |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | White Wagtail |
| English (UK) | Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | White Wagtail |
| English (United States) | White Wagtail |
| Faroese | Erla kongsdóttir |
| Finnish | västäräkki |
| French | Bergeronnette grise |
| French (France) | Bergeronnette grise |
| Galician | Lavandeira branca |
| German | Bachstelze |
| Greek | Λευκοσουσουράδα |
| Gujarati | દિવાળીઘોડો |
| Hebrew | נחליאלי לבן |
| Hindi | सफ़ेद खंजन |
| Hungarian | Barázdabillegető |
| Icelandic | Maríuerla |
| Indonesian | Kicuit putih |
| Italian | Ballerina bianca |
| Japanese | ハクセキレイ |
| Korean | 알락할미새 |
| Latvian | Baltā cielava |
| Lithuanian | Baltoji kielė |
| Malayalam | വെള്ള വാലുകുലുക്കി |
| Marathi | पांढरा धोबी |
| Mongolian | Хөх цэгцгий |
| Norwegian | linerle |
| Odia | ସୁକଳମୁଖି ଖଞ୍ଜଣ |
| Persian | دم جنبانک ابلق |
| Polish | pliszka siwa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Alvéola-branca |
| Punjabi (India) | ਚਿੱਟਾ ਮਮੋਲਾ |
| Romanian | Codobatură albă |
| Russian | Белая трясогузка |
| Serbian | Bela pliska |
| Slovak | trasochvost biely |
| Slovenian | Bela pastirica |
| Spanish | Lavandera Blanca |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Lavandera blanca |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Lavandera Blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lavandera blanca |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Lavandera Blanca Euroasiática |
| Swedish | sädesärla |
| Thai | นกอุ้มบาตร |
| Turkish | Ak Kuyruksallayan |
| Ukrainian | Плиска біла |
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the White Wagtail in North America.
Primarily a Eurasian species, two subspecies of the White Wagtail have bred in western Alaska: M. alba ocularis and M. a. lugens (formerly the "Black-backed" Wagtail). M. a. ocularis breeds annually in small numbers from St. Lawrence Island and the Norton Sound coast of the Seward Peninsula north along the coasts of both the Bering and Chukchi seas to Cape Lisburne. M. a. lugens has occasionally nested near Nome and on Attu Island, in the western Aleutian Islands.
