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 > Genus Motacilla

Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MotacillaLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: bishtdylberja e verdhë; bishtgjatë e verdhë; bishtlëkundësi i verdhë; bishtundësi i verdhë; dylmerja e verdhë; trinka e verdhë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Жълта стърчиопашка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: gul vipstjert sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: gele kwikstaart sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: western yellow wagtail; yellow wagtail sources: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).;Keith, S., E.K. Urban &Fry, C. H. (1992). The Birds of Africa, Volume IV. Academic Press, London.
 French: bergeronnette printanière sources: Avibase - the world bird database.
 German: Schafstelze sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Κιτρινοσουσουράδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: נחליאלי צהוב sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: geltonoji kielė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: gulerle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: gulerle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: pliszka żółta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: codobatură galbenă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: желтая трясогузка; плиска sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: glasóg bhui sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: rumena pastirica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: lavandera boyera sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: gulärla sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: sari kuyruksallayan; sarı Kuyruksallayan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Плиска жовта

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.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212754

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/07dc668b-7ef0-4642-a0d5-846e76112955

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212754
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:97424

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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