Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp) - HBW 9, p. 779
French: Bergeronnette pie
German: Witwenstelze
Spanish: Lavandera Africana
Other common names: African Wagtail
Taxonomy: Motacilla aguimp Dumont, 1821, Lower Orange River, South Africa.
Thought to form a superspecies with M. alba, M. maderaspatensis, M. grandis and M. samveasnae; recent analyses of mitochondrial DNA, however, suggest that it is possibly more distantly related to this group, and may be a sister-taxon to a group containing M. alba (with race lugens), M. flava, M. citreola and M. cinerea. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- vidua Sundevall, 1850 - Sierra Leone and S Mali E to S Sudan and NW & E Kenya, S to Angola, N & E Botswana and E South Africa (S to Eastern Cape); also lower Nile Valley (S from S Egypt), and discontinuously N & E Sudan, W Eritrea, NW, NE & S Ethiopia, and S Somalia.
- aguimp Dumont, 1821 - R Orange and R Vaal drainages in S Namibia, C South Africa and Lesotho.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An immature eating moths on a terrace Locality Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp vidua)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 28 sec 4.8 -
A bird catching a moth, then preening Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp vidua)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 49 sec 4.8 -
A bird on the ground, foraging and calling Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp vidua)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 29 sec 4.8 -
A male bird perched on the steering wheel of a boat moored in Kilifi Creek, singing in response to another bird. Locality Kilifi Creek, Kenya (ssp vidua)
Dave Jackson 16 November 2008 4 years ago 26 sec 4.7 -
A bird walking and calling Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp vidua)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 36 sec 4.5 -
A bird on the ground, calling Locality Kanyanchu, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp vidua)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 41 sec 4.5
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Catch in beak!
Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe
Robert Erasmus 30 November 2011 24 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult feeding
Locality Virunga National Park, Nord-Kivu Province, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (ssp vidua)
Mlanguy 8 October 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Adult bird standing on the river's edge.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Martin Främke 26 March 2011 22 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ken Havard 9 October 2007 2 years ago 4 -
Bird perched on bridge railing
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Chris and Megan Perkins 23 March 2009 4 years ago 3.8 -
Close to water
Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 4 November 2012 22 weeks ago 3.7
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Calling from open ground near river in the Oliphants area. 10:19am
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
(ssp vidua)
Charles Hesse 25 December 2009 3 years ago 3 -
Calling from open ground near river. 10:19am
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
(ssp vidua)
Charles Hesse 25 December 2009 3 years ago 3
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