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CAVS: 8611

Subspecies Motacilla (Budytes) tschutschensis taivana (Swinhoe, 1863)

Green-headed Yellow Wagtail

Introduction

Previously placed as a subspecies of M. flava, see Christidis & Boles (2008) for a discussion on the taxonomy of this group.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Migrates from northern Asia, occurs in coastal Australia from around Exmouth, WA to about Newcastle, NSW, vagrant to the south of these limits.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Lignum or cane grass swamp, samphire salt marsh, tussock grassland.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020 AVES 10-Nov-2020 MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020 PASSERIFORMES 01-Sep-2014 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
10-Nov-2020 14-Aug-2013 MODIFIED
22-Mar-2011 MODIFIED