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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

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