Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis) - HBW 9, p. 778
French: Bergeronnette du Japon
German: Japanstelze
Spanish: Lavandera Japonesa
Other common names: Japanese Pied Wagtail
Taxonomy: Motacilla grandis Sharpe, 1885, Japan.
Formerly treated as conspecific with M. alba, but the two breed sympatrically in Japan. Both thought to form a superspecies with M. maderaspatensis, M. samveasnae and M. aguimp, although recent analyses of mitochondrial DNA suggest that last species possibly more distantly related to this group. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds in Japan; non-breeding visitor to Korea (has bred) and S to Taiwan.
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A male walking and foraging on the ground. Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 4 -
A male foraging on a puddle. Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 3.8 -
A male foraging on the ground. Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3.8 -
A bird walking and eating on a puddle. Locality Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A bird feeding on a puddle. Locality Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 3.8 -
Bird near river on sand and leaves uplifting leaves and feeding. Locality Tianjyo Kawa River, Okamoto, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Charles McHugh 7 December 2008 4 years ago 21 sec 3.8
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male
Locality Sokcho, Gangwon Province, South Korea
Rémi Bigonneau 2 October 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird in a stream
Locality Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Aleix Comas 1 January 2010 3 years ago 3 -
A male foraging on the ground.
Locality Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2010 2 years ago 2.7 -
The bird landed to a bar.
Locality Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Mitsuru Akimoto 30 November 2010 2 years ago 2.6 -
adult male
Locality Saga City, Kyushu, Japan
erikat 24 September 2005 3 years ago 2.5 -
A bird feeding on a puddle.
Locality Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 2 years ago 2.4
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Flight calls made as the individual flies away Locality Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 15 March 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
Singing from a rooftop Locality Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 15 March 2009 3 years ago 2 -
Singing from a roof Locality Nara, Nara Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 13 March 2009 3 years ago 1.5
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