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White Wagtail - Motacilla alba - Witte Kwikstaart
Eurasia, North Africa and Alaska.
The following 9 subspecies are being recognized:
Motacilla alba yarrellii - Ireland, British Islands and coastal West-Europe. Winters to Northwest-Africa;
Motacilla alba alba - Southeast-Greenland and Iceland, continental Europe to Central-Asia. Winters to Africa, Arabia and South-Asia;
Motacilla alba subpersonata - West-Morocco;
Motacilla alba personata - North-Iran to West-Siberia and Northwest-China. Winters to Arabia and India;
Motacilla alba baicalensis - Southcentral-Siberia to Northeast-China. Winters to India and Indochina;
Motacilla alba ocularis - North-Siberia to Northwest-Alaska. Winters to South-Asia;
Motacilla alba lugens - Coastal Southeast-Siberia to North-Korea and North- and Central-Japan. Winters to Southeast-China;
Motacilla alba leucopsis - Inland Southeast-Siberia to South-Korea and Southwest-Japan. Winters to India and Southeast-Asia;
Motacilla alba alboides - Central- and East-Himalayas to South-China, North-Indochina and North-Myanmar.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.
Jacky Lee | 16-Jun-2008 15:11 | |