Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara) - HBW 9, p. 786
French: Bergeronnette à longue queue
German: Langschwanzstelze
Spanish: Lavandera Clara
Other common names: Grey-backed/Long-tailed Wagtail
Taxonomy: Motacilla clara Sharpe, 1908, Simien Mountains, north Ethiopia.
Initially named as M. longicauda, but that name invalid, as preoccupied. May form a superspecies with M. cinerea. Race chapini possibly inseparable from torrentium. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chapini Amadon, 1954 - SW Mali, S Sierra Leone, Liberia and W Ivory Coast, and from SE Nigeria and Cameroon S to Gabon and E to Central African Republic and N & S PRCongo; also Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
- clara Sharpe, 1908 - highlands of Ethiopia.
- torrentium Ticehurst, 1940 - E Uganda, C & S Kenya, and from E & S DRCongo, Rwanda and NW & N Tanzania S to C & SW Angola (S to Namibe), Zambia, N Zimbabwe and W Mozambique, also in mountains of E South Africa and Swaziland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult going to its nest, carrying food for the chicks Locality Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (ssp clara)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4.1 -
adult on rock in stream, brief snatch of song, flies and calls Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp clara)
Martin Kennewell 4 November 2010 1 year ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird walking in the grass Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp chapini)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 19 sec 3.9 -
A bird feeding in a short grass area. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp clara)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 5 years ago 42 sec 3.8 -
A bird in short grass Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp clara)
Keith Blomerley 8 April 2002 3 years ago 12 sec 3.6 -
A bird calling and flying away. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp clara)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 5 years ago 7 sec 3.4
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Drinking from a pool
Locality Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 19 October 2008 42 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp clara)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 1 year ago 3 -
A singing Mountain Wagtail.
Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Christian Boix Hinzen 10 November 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Bird
Locality Gambo Forest, Shashamane, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 August 2009 1 year ago 2.5 -
Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara)
Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 2 February 2010 1 year ago 2.5
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A call of a bird on the ground. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
(ssp clara)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 1 year ago 4
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