Wagtails and Pipits

PASSERIFORMES - Family Passeidae - subfamily Motacillinae
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Tree Pipit [1] , Yôroppa Binzui or Anthus trivialis. photo: 05/1999, Montagne de Reims, France Black-backed Wagtail [1], Haku-sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 03/2001, Tokyo, Japan. Water Pipit [1], Tahibari, or Anthus spinoletta. photo: 05/2001, Niigata, Japan.

Grey Wagtail (M) [1][2], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 05/2001, Tochigi, Japan. Water Pipit [2][3], Tahibari or Anthus spinoletta. photo: 09/2001, Port de Boucharo, France. Grey Wagtail [3], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 09/2001, Vallée d'Ossoue, France.

White Wagtail [1][2], Tairiku Haku-sekirei or Motacilla alba alba. photo: 09/2001, Loudenvielle, France. Black-backed Wagtail [2], Haku-sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 02/2002, Tokyo, Japan. Japanese Wagtail [1], Seguro-sekirei, or Motacilla grandis. photo: 02/2002, Shizuoka, Japan.

Grey Wagtail [4][5], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 02/2002, Shizuoka, Japan.
Yellow Wagtail [1], Tsumenaga Sekirei, or Motacilla flava. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan. Olive-backed Pipit [1], Binzui or Anthus hodgsoni. photo: 03/2003, Shiga, Japan.

Japanese Wagtail [2], Seguro-sekirei, or Motacilla grandis. photo: 03/2003, Shiga, Japan.
Grey Wagtail [6], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan. Japanese Wagtail [3], Seguro-sekirei, or Motacilla grandis. photo: 04/2004, Hiroshima, Japan.

Grey Wagtail [7][8][9], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan. Grey Wagtail [10(J)], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan. Grey Wagtail [11], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 02/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

White Wagtail [3][4(J)], Tairiku Haku-sekirei or Motacilla alba leucopsis. photo: 06/2005, Chichi, Taiwan. African Pied Wagtail [1], Hajiro Haku Sekirei, or Motacilla aguimp. photo: 08/2005, Rundu, Namibia. Cape Wagtail [1][2], Same Haku Sekirei, or Motacilla capensis. photo: 09/2005, Cape Cross, Namibia.

Cape Wagtail [3][4], Same Haku Sekirei, or Motacilla capensis. photo: 09/2005, Klein Windhoek, Namibia. White Wagtail [5][6], Tairiku Haku-sekirei or Motacilla alba leucopsis. photo: 04/2006, Yamaguchi, Japan. Yellow Wagtail [2][3][4], Tsumenaga Sekirei, or Motacilla flava simillima. photo: 04/2006, Yamaguchi, Japan.

Olive-backed Pipit [2][3][4], Binzui or Anthus hodgsoni. photo: 04/2006, Yamaguchi, Japan. Forest Wagtail [1][2], Iwami Sekirei, or Dendronanthus indicus. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand. Grey Wagtail [12], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand.

Black-backed Wagtail [3], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 12/2006, Tokyo, Japan. Olive-backed Pipit [5], Binzui or Anthus hodgsoni. photo: 12/2006, Chiba, Japan. Black-backed Wagtail [4][5], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 01/2007, Tokyo, Japan.

Grey Wagtail [13], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 05/2007, Ehime, Japan. Japanese Wagtail [4(J)], Seguro-sekirei, or Motacilla grandis. photo: 05/2007, Ehime, Japan.
Grey Wagtail [14], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 06/2007, Kyôto, Japan.

Japanese Wagtail [5][6], Seguro-sekirei, or Motacilla grandis. photo: 06/2007, Kyôto, Japan.
Long-legged Pipit [1][2][3], Ashinaga Tahibari or Anthus pallidventris. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon. African Pied Wagtail [2], Hajiro Haku Sekirei, or Motacilla aguimp. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon.

African Pied Wagtail [3], Hajiro Haku Sekirei, or Motacilla aguimp. photo: 09/2007, La Lopé, Gabon. Black-backed Wagtail [6], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 11/2007, Penghu Islands, Taiwan. Grey Wagtail [15], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 11/2007, Penghu Islands, Taiwan.

Yellow Wagtail [5], Tsumenaga Sekirei, or Motacilla flava simillima. photo: 11/2007, Penghu Islands, Taiwan. Black-backed Wagtail [7], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 11/2007, Fukuoka, Japan. Black-backed Wagtail [8][9], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 01/2008, Tokyo, Japan.

Black-backed Wagtail [10], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 01/2008, Tokyo, Japan. Olive-backed Pipit [6], Binzui or Anthus hodgsoni. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan. Grey Wagtail [16], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan.



Grey Wagtail [17], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 0e/2008, Tokyo, Japan. Black-backed Wagtail [11][12], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan.

Grey Wagtail [18], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 05/2008, Tochigi, Japan. Olive-backed Pipit [7], Binzui or Anthus hodgsoni. photo: 05/2008, Yamanashi, Japan. Grey Wagtail [19][20][21], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 05/2008, Yamanashi, Japan.

Black-backed Wagtail [13], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan. Grey Wagtail [22], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan. Olive-backed Pipit [8], Binzui or Anthus hodgsoni. photo: 07/2008, Yamanashi, Japan.

Black-backed Wagtail [14], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 01/2009, Kagoshima, Japan. Water Pipit [4], Tahibari, or Anthus spinoletta. photo: 01/2009, Kagoshima, Japan. Olive-backed Pipit [9], Binzui or Anthus hodgsoni. photo: 01/2009, Kagoshima, Japan.

Grey Wagtail [23], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 01/2009, Kagoshima, Japan. White Wagtail [7], Tairiku Haku-sekirei or Motacilla alba. photo: 02/2009, Athens, Greece. Water Pipit [5], Tahibari, or Anthus spinoletta. photo: 02/2009, Evros Delta, Greece.

Olive-backed Pipit [10], Binzui or Anthus hodgsoni. photo: 02/2009, Tokyo, Japan. Grey Wagtail [24], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 04/2009, Yamagata, Japan. Japanese Wagtail [7], Seguro-sekirei, or Motacilla grandis. photo: 04/2009, Yamagata, Japan.

Black-backed Wagtail [15], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 04/2009, Miyagi, Japan. Black-backed Wagtail [16], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 05/2009, Oki Islands, Shimane, Japan. Olive-backed Pipit [11], Binzui or Anthus hodgsoni. photo: 06/2009, Gunma, Japan.

Black-backed Wagtail [17], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 06/2009, Gunma, Japan. White Wagtail [8], Tairiku Haku-sekirei or Motacilla alba. photo: 08/2009, Phong Nha, Vietnam. Grey Wagtail [25], Kisekirei, or Motacilla cinerea. photo: 11/2009, Taitung Province, Taiwan.

Red-throated Pipit, Muneaka Tahibari or Anthus cervinus. photo: 11/2009, Taitung Province, Taiwan. Water Pipit [6], Tahibari, or Anthus spinoletta. photo: 12/2009, Ibaraki, Japan. Japanese Wagtail [8], Seguro-sekirei, or Motacilla grandis. photo: 12/2009, Ibaraki, Japan.

Black-backed Wagtail [18], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 12/2009, Ibaraki, Japan. Black-backed Wagtail [19], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 01/2010, Tokyo, Japan. Black-backed Wagtail [20], Haku Sekirei or Motacilla lugens. photo: 02/2010, Fukushima, Japan.

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