Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Passerimorphae > Order Passeriformes > Suborder Passeri > Superfamily Passeroidea > Family Motacillidae

Motacilla Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758
Motacilla cinerea Tunstall, 1771
Motacilla citreola Pallas, 1776
Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Keith, S., E.K. Urban &Fry, C. H. (1992). The Birds of Africa, Volume IV. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].