White Wagtail
Cornell Lab photo
There are 14 species of Wagtails in the world, three or four of which make it to Alaska and down the west coast of British Columbia and the west coast of the U.S., including the White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Gray Wagtail and Black-basked Wagtail.
Wagtails are sparrow-size ground dwellers with slender bills. Most of them pump their tails up and down as they walk about looking for insects and spiders.
The four species that do make it as far as Alaska and farther south are the White Wagtail, the Black-tailed Wagtail, the Yellow Wagtail and the Gray Wagtail. Some Wagtails are also reported as casual or accidental in the U.S. Carolinas, Canada's Quebec and Newfoundland, plus Greenland and Iceland.
Worldwide, Wagtails are also found in Eurasia, Morocco, sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Africa, Cambodia, Laos, Europe, Siberia and Mongolia. Some wintering birds may reach Australia.
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