Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Afrikaans | Witkwikkie |
Albanian | Bishtatundësi i bardhë |
Arabic | أبوفصادة ابيض |
Armenian | Սպիտակ խաղտտնիկ |
Asturian | Llavandera blanca |
Azerbaijani | Ağ çaydaçapan |
Bangla | সাদা খঞ্জনা |
Basque | Buztanikara zuria |
Bulgarian | Бяла стърчиопашка |
Catalan | cuereta blanca |
Chinese | 白鶺鴒 |
Chinese (SIM) | 白鹡鸰 |
Croatian | bijela pastirica |
Czech | konipas bílý |
Danish | Hvid Vipstjert |
Dutch | Witte Kwikstaart |
English | White Wagtail |
English (UK) | Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail |
English (United Arab Emirates) | White Wagtail |
English (United States) | White Wagtail |
Faroese | Erla kongsdóttir |
Finnish | västäräkki |
French | Bergeronnette grise |
French (France) | Bergeronnette grise |
Galician | Lavandeira branca |
German | Bachstelze |
Greek | Λευκοσουσουράδα |
Gujarati | દિવાળીઘોડો |
Hebrew | נחליאלי לבן |
Hindi | सफ़ेद खंजन |
Hungarian | Barázdabillegető |
Icelandic | Maríuerla |
Indonesian | Kicuit putih |
Italian | Ballerina bianca |
Japanese | ハクセキレイ |
Korean | 알락할미새 |
Latvian | Baltā cielava |
Lithuanian | Baltoji kielė |
Malayalam | വെള്ള വാലുകുലുക്കി |
Marathi | पांढरा धोबी |
Mongolian | Хөх цэгцгий |
Norwegian | linerle |
Odia | ସୁକଳମୁଖି ଖଞ୍ଜଣ |
Persian | دم جنبانک ابلق |
Polish | pliszka siwa |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Alvéola-branca |
Punjabi (India) | ਚਿੱਟਾ ਮਮੋਲਾ |
Romanian | Codobatură albă |
Russian | Белая трясогузка |
Serbian | Bela pliska |
Slovak | trasochvost biely |
Slovenian | Bela pastirica |
Spanish | Lavandera Blanca |
Spanish (Cuba) | Lavandera blanca |
Spanish (Mexico) | Lavandera Blanca |
Spanish (Spain) | Lavandera blanca |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Lavandera Blanca Euroasiática |
Swedish | sädesärla |
Thai | นกอุ้มบาตร |
Turkish | Ak Kuyruksallayan |
Ukrainian | Плиска біла |
Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758
Definitions
- MOTACILLA
- motacilla
- alba
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
White Wagtail Motacilla alba Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Authors
Alexander V. Badyaev, Daniel D. Gibson, Brina Kessel, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Recommended Citation
Badyaev, A. V., D. D. Gibson, B. Kessel, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2020). White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whiwag.01
Birds of North America
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Version 2.0
- Revision
- January 1, 1996
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Authors
Alexander V. Badyaev, Daniel D. Gibson, and Brina Kessel
Revisors
Alexander V. Badyaev, Daniel D. Gibson, and Brina Kessel
Recommended Citation
Badyaev, A. V., D. D. Gibson, and B. Kessel (1996). White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.236
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Version 1.0
- May 4, 2017
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Authors
Alexander V. Badyaev, Daniel D. Gibson, Brina Kessel, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Revisors
Alexander V. Badyaev, Daniel D. Gibson, Brina Kessel, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Recommended Citation
Badyaev, A. V., D. D. Gibson, B. Kessel, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2017). White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), version 1.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Print Version (requires subscription to access)
- January 1, 1996
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Recommended Citation
Badyaev, A. V., D. D. Gibson, B. Kessel. 1996. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) and Black-backed Wagtail (Motacilla lugens). In The Birds of North America, No. 236-237 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington D.C. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.236-237.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 21, 2012
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Authors
Stephanie Tyler
Recommended Citation
Tyler, S. (2012). White Wagtail (Motacilla alba). 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.