White Wagtail Motacilla alba Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (59)
- Subspecies (10)
Alexander V. Badyaev, Daniel D. Gibson, Brina Kessel, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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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 (French Guiana) | 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 |
Romanian | Codobatură albă |
Russian | Белая трясогузка |
Serbian | Bela pliska |
Slovak | trasochvost biely |
Slovenian | Bela pastirica |
Spanish | Lavandera Blanca |
Spanish (Mexico) | Lavandera Blanca |
Spanish (Spain) | Lavandera blanca |
Spanish (Uruguay) | White Wagtail |
Swedish | sädesärla |
Thai | นกอุ้มบาตร |
Turkish | Ak Kuyruksallayan |
Ukrainian | Плиска біла |
Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Motacilla alba
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.185.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europa = Sweden.
Definitions
- MOTACILLA
- motacilla
- alba
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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)
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