Grey wagtail / Gebirgsstelze (Motacilla cinerea)

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Gebirgsstelze am Wissbach. 2024-04-27 09:16:16 Schachen, Tobel Wissbach till Degersheim NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Classification: Genus Motacilla; Family Motacillidae
Yellow breast and butt end, white belly, light grey head and back, white eye stripe and stripe above black beard, dark wings with 3 white V's, long tail.
Song: Song simple but variable. Sometimes with more elaborate song-flight like White Wagtail. [Link]
Calls: Contact call short, metallic and with a clipped ending. Often disyllabic, "tzeet-tzeet", with each syllable more separated than in White Wagtail, and timbre more "dirty". Often starts with the contact call, followed by short melodic phrases. [Link]
Physical details: length=18-19 cm, wingspan=25-27 cm, weight=14-22 g
Habitats: Wetland

Song: BirdID says Song simple but variable. I hear trills up to 2 seconds long and chirps. Another description says a series of calls, not very melodic. I noted zwitx3, sometimes hhhhhll. [Link]
Song attributes: Melody: stereotype melodic, fast, Frequency: high (3-9 KHz) Special sounds: trill
XC767550 - Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea - song with trills and a cheek-cheek.


XC757193 - Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea - one-note song recorded in Germany. Germany


Calls: 1: Birdweather hat ein-Noter aufgenommen.

XC854585 - Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea - 2-note call.


2: Ich habe zwei-noter lh lhhh notiert, wahrscheinlich von Birdweather?

3: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN

Gebirgsstelze bei 5 minuten durch geflogen, evtl Flugruf. Greater Fehraltorf 2024-09-09 08:24:00

Gebirgsstelze bei letzen 30 Sekunden durch geflogen, evtl Flugruf. Greater Fehraltorf 2024-09-09 08:24:00

Call attributes: Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz),
First documented observation: 2022-02-05 in Klingnauer Stausee (man-made lake). Most recent observation: 2024-04-27 in Schachen, Tobel Wissbach till Degersheim.

Media


Gray wagtail, La Palma. 2022-03-08 16:04:56 La Palma NIKON D5600 ISO 280
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Gebirgstelze im Bach beim Klingnauer Stausee. 2022-02-05 14:25:06 Klingnauer Stausee (man-made lake) NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Gebirgsstelze am Bach beim Klingnauer Stausee. 2022-02-05 14:16:30 Klingnauer Stausee (man-made lake) NIKON D5600 ISO 1600
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Birdweather-Gray Wagtail call, one-note x2. 2024-08-08 07:28:48


Birdweather-Gray Wagtail - but same recording as White Wagtail. Greater Fehraltorf 2024-10-31 16:37:38 Singers: Grey wagtail, White wagtail

Web pages with this species:

FOK Ausflug zum Klingnauer Stausee / Birds of the Canary Islands / Erster Ausflug mit der FOK2 Klasse / Spring in Switzerland, 2024 / Summer in Switzerland, 2024 / Birding excursion in Appenzell/St. Gallen with Tom Bischof, April 2024 / Fall and winter at home