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Yellow-headed Wagtail

Motacilla flava lutea

Photo by NicoleB
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Field Notes

Description:

Head yellow with green neck in males, females like a somewhat more vivid flava female.

Habitat:

Golf course during migration

Notes:

More Motacilla flava (Yellow Wagtail) varieties can be found on my blog:
http://nicoleb.org/mnblog/2011/04/yellow-wagtail-schafstelze-motacilla-…

Reference Links:

Yellow Wagtail, Western Yellow Wagtail - BirdForum Opus

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Ashish
How it sounds...My guess is must be very nice..!!

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PublishedAugust 6, 2011

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