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Motacilla wagtail at Alice Springs Sewage Ponds

To: "Chris Watson" <>, <>
Subject: Motacilla wagtail at Alice Springs Sewage Ponds
From: "Mike Carter" <>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:52:54 +1000
It is a juvenile Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava. Being a juvenile it is not possible to say which of the many subspecies of that taxon that it is. It is not a Citrine Wagtail because there is no pale line at the rear of the dark ear-coverts, only above and below.

Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
Tel  (03) 9787 7136




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