yellow underparts; this specimen has a brown crown (Poland; 2012-05-28)
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Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Native Range:
Eurasia
Notes:
an exceptionally variable species with many recognizable geographic races that often differ considerably from one another in plumage; gregarious; found on grassy pastures and seasides as well as in suburban areas; told from Grey Wagtail by absence of black on the throat; no sexual dimorphism.
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