Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Geelkwikkie |
| Albanian | Bishtatundësi i verdhë |
| Arabic | أبو فصادة أصفر غربي |
| Armenian | Դեղին խաղտտնիկ |
| Asturian | Llavandera llendadora |
| Azerbaijani | Sarı çaydaçapan |
| Basque | Larre-buztanikara |
| Bulgarian | Жълта стърчиопашка |
| Catalan | cuereta groga |
| Chinese | 西方黃鶺鴒 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 西黄鹡鸰 |
| Croatian | žuta pastirica |
| Czech | konipas luční |
| Danish | Gul Vipstjert |
| Dutch | Gele Kwikstaart |
| English | Western Yellow Wagtail |
| English (United States) | Western Yellow Wagtail |
| Faroese | Gulerla |
| Finnish | keltavästäräkki |
| French | Bergeronnette printanière |
| French (France) | Bergeronnette printanière |
| Galician | Lavandeira amarela |
| German | Schafstelze |
| Greek | Κιτρινοσουσουράδα |
| Gujarati | પીળકિયો |
| Hebrew | נחליאלי צהוב |
| Hungarian | Sárga billegető |
| Icelandic | Gulerla |
| Italian | Cutrettola |
| Japanese | ニシツメナガセキレイ |
| Korean | 서양긴발톱할미새 |
| Latvian | Dzeltenā cielava |
| Lithuanian | Geltonoji kielė |
| Malayalam | മഞ്ഞ വാലുകുലുക്കി |
| Marathi | पिवळा धोबी |
| Mongolian | Өрнийн шар цэгцгий |
| Norwegian | gulerle |
| Odia | କଳାମୁଣ୍ଡି ଖଞ୍ଜଣ |
| Persian | دم جنبانک شکم زرد |
| Polish | pliszka żółta |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Alvéola-amarela |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Alvéola-amarela |
| Romanian | Codobatură galbenă |
| Russian | Жёлтая трясогузка |
| Serbian | Žuta pliska |
| Slovak | trasochvost žltý |
| Slovenian | Rumena pastirica |
| Spanish | Lavandera Boyera |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Lavandera Amarilla Occidental |
| Spanish (Spain) | Lavandera boyera |
| Swedish | gulärla |
| Turkish | Sarı Kuyruksallayan |
| Ukrainian | Плиска жовта |
Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Motacilla flava
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.185.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europa = Southern Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MOTACILLA
- motacilla
- flava
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Scientific name definitions
Stephanie Tyler and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 28, 2019
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 28, 2019
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Authors
Stephanie Tyler and David Christie
Revisors
David Christie
Recommended Citation
Tyler, S. and D. A. Christie (2020). Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.eaywag1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- May 28, 2019
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Authors
Stephanie Tyler and David Christie
Revisors
David Christie
Recommended Citation
Tyler, S. and D. A. Christie (2019). Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
