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Motacilla flava (Western Yellow Wagtail; Yellow Wagtail)

Synonyms: Budytes flavus; Budytes rayi; Motacilla flava rayi; Motacilla rayi

Infraspecies

Motacilla flava beema (Sykes's Wagtail)
Motacilla flava cinereocapilla (Ashy-headed Wagtail)
Motacilla flava f. flava
Motacilla flava f. lutea
Motacilla flava feldegg (Black-headed Wagtail)
Motacilla flava flava (Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail)
Motacilla flava flavissima (Yellow-crowned Wagtail)
Motacilla flava iberiae (Iberian Wagtail)
Motacilla flava intergrade
Motacilla flava leucocephala (White-headed Wagtail)
Motacilla flava lutea (Eastern Yellow-headed Wagtail)
Motacilla flava pygmaea (Egyptian Yellow Wagtail)
Motacilla flava thunbergi (Dark-headed Wagtail)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
15
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.70265
EDGE Score: 1.74093
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  16.5 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  70 %
Diet - Plants [3]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  5
Clutches / Year [2]  1
Fledging [4]  17 days
Incubation [2]  11 days
Mating Display [6]  Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [2]  9 years
Migration [7]  Intercontinental
Speed [8]  28.409 MPH (12.7 m/s)
Wing Span [8]  10 inches (.26 m)
Female Maturity [2]  1 year
Male Maturity [2]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Abax pilleri[9]
Mesembrina meridiana (Mid-day Fly)[9]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Circus cyaneus (Northern Harrier)[10]
Circus pygargus (Montagu's Harrier)[10]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 8Alerstam T, Rosén M, Bäckman J, Ericson PGP, Hellgren O (2007) Flight Speeds among Bird Species: Allometric and Phylogenetic Effects. PLoS Biol 5(8): e197. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050197
♦ 9Ecology of Commanster
♦ 10Comparative breeding biology of Hen Harrier and Montagu’s Harrier: an 8-year study in north-eastern France, A. MILLON, J.-L. BOURRIOUX, C. RIOLS & V. BRETAGNOLLE, Ibis (2002), 144, 94–105
♦ 11Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 12International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0