White Wagtail

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25399
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Summary

White Wagtail is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,582 views/month, #1,012 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Motacilla[6]
  • Taxon name: Motacilla alba[7]
  • Commons category: Motacilla alba[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Motacilla alba[9]
  • Commons gallery: Motacilla alba[10]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11]
  • Short name: M. alba[12]
  • Taxon common name: White Wagtail[13], Bachstelze[14], Lavandera Blanca[15], siglen wen[16], cuereta blanca[17], konipas bílý[18], linavästrik[19], Linerle[20], Белая трясогузка[21], ハクセキレイ[22], Hvid Vipstjert[23], västäräkki[24], barázdabillegető[25], pliszka siwa[26]
  • Wingspan: 0.26 m[27]

Body

Identifiers

White Wagtail's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 13695[28]. White Wagtail's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 45807[29]. White Wagtail's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 17102239[30]. White Wagtail's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9687165[31]. White Wagtail's ITIS TSN is recorded as 178476[32].

Why It Matters

White Wagtail has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did White Wagtail receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . birdlife.cz. Retrieved . birdlife.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Flight speeds among bird species: allometric and phylogenetic effects. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · MPF · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 114
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'bg', 'bh',
    Claims rich → —
    Name → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Taxon common name: White Wagtail"
  2. 29d ago · Flipping Switches · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14880 → 68712
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14880: 68712, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323179730|Motacilla alba (#323179730)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8431|UkrBIN]] #mix'n'ma"
  3. 9w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 56046
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 56046, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088315|Bachstelze (#102088315)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxons]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.26'}
    Regional conservation status → Near Threatened
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Award received → Bird of the Year
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 19331, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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