Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae) · Passeriformes · Wagtails and Pipits
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Citrine Wagtail with these birds—either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava | 125 |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis | 97 |
| Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea | 27 |
| Pied Wagtail/White Wagtail Motacilla alba | 16 |
| Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi | 6 |
Family
The wagtails, longclaws, and pipits are a family, Motacillidae, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Around 70 species occur in five genera. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominantly found in Europe, Africa, and Asia, with two species migrating and breeding in Alaska.
Order
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …