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White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

White Wagtail
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Den Hvide Vipstjert, af og til blot kaldt vipstjert, måler op til 16,5-19 centimeter og vejer omkring 24 gram. Spurvefuglen har en sort, hvid og koksgrå fjerdragt og en meget lang hale.

Field marks

Slim black, white and grey bird with a very long, ceaselessly wagging tail. Black and throat against a white face, grey back and white outer tail feathers.

Can be confused with

  • Grey Wagtail — Grey Wagtail has yellow underparts and a yellow rump and keeps to running water; White Wagtail has no yellow and walks open ground.

Voice

The call is a sharp "chissick" or "tsik"; the song a weak, lively twitter, seldom heard.

Facts

Wingspan

26 cm

Conservation status

ikke truet

Family

wagtails and pipits

Motacillidae

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  • Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
  • Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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