Birds of the World

Motacillidae : Pipits & Wagtails

Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

male "Iberian" Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava iberiae) - Andalucia, Spain - April 2015

The Yellow Wagtail is a highly variable species with numerous subspecies that are mostly differentiated by differences in their head markings.

male "Blue-headed" Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flava) - Andalucia, Spain - April 2015

male "British" Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) - Andalucia, Spain - April 2015

male "Iberian" Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava iberiae) - Catalonia, Spain - May 2016