Birds of Ladakh

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Common name:

Western Yellow Wagtail

Ladakhi name:

Starzi, Phuchip

Scientific name:

Motacilla flava

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

not listed

fun facts:

The Western or Yellow Wagtail is a passage migrant to Ladakh. Can be spotted in open pastures, meadows, grasslands, drying mudflats along water bodies up to 4600 m.