White-browed Wagtail

Motacilla maderaspatensis

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28 December 2010

Full Species (monotypic); i.e. no subspecies/races
Motacilla maderaspatensis, Gmelin, 1789, Systema Naturae 1 pt2 p961

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White-browed Wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis

Distributed all over India,
except NE and Ladakh

Breeds throughout the plains of India, and also in the Himalayas up to 3000 feet, as well as in the hills of Southern India, up to 7000 or 8000 feet (EW Oates-1890).

The first mention of this wagtail is in
"Synopsis Methodica Avium & Piscium"
Joannis Raii, London 1713
p. 194
3. Motacilla Mader. nigro alboque mixta. The Black and White Wagtail Fig 3.

(The formal description based on above however was made by Gmelin in 1789 in Systema Naturae p. 961)

Reference:
Harvey, Bill (2006): Atlas of the Birds of Delhi and Haryana, p.278. Published by Rupa & Co.
Rasmussen, P.C. & Anderton, J.C. (2005): Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide (2 Volumes), v.1, p.212, v.2, p.315. Published by Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA and Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Alström, Per & Mild, Krister (2003): Pipits and Wagtails, p.398. Princeton University Press
Ali, Salim & Ripley S. Dillon (1997): Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, v.9, p.300. Second Edition (Ten Volumes in a box set). Oxford University Press
Ganguli, Usha (1975): A guide to the birds of the Delhi area, p.266. Published by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (New Delhi)
Baker, E.C.S. (1924): Fauna of British India: Birds (Second Edition), v.3, p.263. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council
Oates, Eugene W. (1890): The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Birds v.2, p.292. Edited by W.T. Blanford. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council

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