Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A breath of lemon light on tundra marshes, walking the wet edges with a bobbed tail and a thin metallic call. By winter it has fled to the warm rice fields of South Asia.
- Populasi
- 2,000,000–4,999,999 mature individuals globally; European breeding population ~162,000–373,000 pairs
- Habitat
- Wetland-associated open country: marshes, wet meadows and bogs, lake edges, willow/osier thickets on tundra and river deltas, and damp mountain meadows/tundra up to ~4,500–4,600 m elevation during breeding; more general wetlands and open fields in winter
- Fakta menarik
- The breeding male Citrine Wagtail has an entirely lemon-yellow head with no dark crown or eye-stripe, a trait that distinguishes it from every other wagtail species in its genus.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across the central and northern Palearctic from European Russia through Central Asia to Siberia; migrates to winter mainly in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia; a rare but increasing vagrant further west into Europe (including Britain)
- Makanan
- Insectivorous; forages on invertebrates (especially aquatic insects and their larvae) by picking from the ground or shallow water while walking/wading, by plunging its head underwater, and by flycatching insects in mid-air, often near livestock that disturb prey
- Ukuran
- 0,16 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,26 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,6 tahun
