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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMotacillidae
山鶺鴒（学名：Dendronanthus indicus）为鶺鴒科山鶺鴒屬下的一个种。
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 310
- With media
- 124
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Collections
- MVZ, UWZM, YPM, UWBM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, LACM
- Recorded in
- South Korea, Bangladesh, Russia, India, Thailand, China, Laos
Bird sounds
- song, subsong· China· quality A
- call· China· quality A
- call· China· quality A
- call, flight call· Thailand· quality A
via Xeno-canto
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The forest wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae. It has a distinctive plumage that sets it apart from other wagtails and has the habit of wagging its tail sideways unlike the usual up and down movements of the other wagtail species. It is the only wagtail species that nests in trees. It is found mainly in forested habitats, breeding in the temperate parts of east Asia and wintering across tropical Asia from India to Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dendronanthus indicus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.