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White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 173,060, February 127,819, March 200,263, April 315,062, May 454,267, June 495,349, July 530,056, August 455,846, September 334,672, October 249,808, November 136,506, December 106,690.
United States3,585,940
Alaska3,579,398
Russia45,045
Germany8,140
Spain7,670
China6,889
United Kingdom6,269
France5,504
England4,892
Italy4,499

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyWagtails and Pipits · Motacillidae
GenusWagtails · Motacilla

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