White-browed Wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis) | Details

White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Motacilla maderaspatensis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as M. madaraspatensis following Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	30 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	4,410,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	4,860,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common to locally common , although scarce in Bangladesh (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor
Bangladesh	extant	native		yes
Bhutan	extant	native		yes
India	extant	native		yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native		yes
Pakistan	extant	native		yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native			yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	marginal	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	marginal	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-browed Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-browed-wagtail-motacilla-maderaspatensis on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.