1 Dec 2019

White Wagtail – adults

by BESG | posted in: Morphology-Develop., Species | 0

“We saw a number of White Wagtails (Motacilla alba lugens) in Hokkaido (above). M. a. lugens is also called the Black-backed Wagtail.

Below is an adult female feeding young with prey, largely dipterans.

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
4 & 7th June 2019

Location: East Hokkaido, Japan

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