Burung kicau (Songbirds)
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
- mistis
- 85 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A long-tailed sprite of riverbanks and rain-soaked pavements, walking with the world's most cheerful tail-bob. Wherever water meets stone in Asia, this little ghost in monochrome is already there.
- Populasi
- Estimated 130-230 million mature individuals globally (Europe alone hosts ~17-28 million breeding pairs); population trend stable
- Habitat
- Wide variety of open country, usually near water: seashores, riverbanks, lakeshores, and both upland and lowland rivers; also cultivated land, farmland, grasslands, and heavily urbanized/human-modified areas such as parks, gardens, paved lots, and even remote sea cliffs and high mountains
- Fakta menarik
- The White Wagtail is the national bird of Latvia (featured in folk songs and the Latvian Ornithological Society's logo) and has appeared on postage stamps from 18+ countries; its constant tail-bobbing walk — the source of its genus name and common name in many languages — is still debated by scientists as either a vigilance signal to predators or a foraging aid.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across nearly the entire Palearctic — most of Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa — with a small breeding population in western Alaska (rarely Greenland); northern and eastern populations are migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, while southern populations are largely resident
- Makanan
- Primarily insectivorous, taking terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates — beetles, flies (its most important prey), dragonflies/damselflies, spiders, small snails, worms, and crustaceans — foraged mainly by walking/running on the ground or in shallow water, with aerial sallies to catch flying insects; unusual among temperate insectivores for continuing active foraging through winter
- Ukuran
- 0,18 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,25 m
- Masa hidup
- 2 tahun
