Motacillidae

Motacillidae
Richard's Pipit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae
Genera Anthus Tmetothylacus Motacilla Dendroanthus Macronyx

The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits.

They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. They are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs.

There are 54 species in five genera.

• Genus Anthus: typical pipits
  • (34 species, listed at pipit)
• Genus Tmetothylacus
  • Golden Pipit, Tmetothylacus tennelus
• Genus Motacilla: typical wagtails
  • Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava
  • Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola
  • Japanese Wagtail, Motacilla grandis
  • White-browed Wagtail, Motacilla madaraspratensis
  • African Pied Wagtail, Motacilla aguimp
  • Mountain Wagtail, Motacilla clara
  • Cape Wagtail, Motacilla capensis
  • Madagascar Wagtail, Motacilla flaviventris
  • Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
  • White Wagtail, Motacilla alba
    • White Wagtail, Motacilla alba alba
    • Pied Wagtail: Motacilla alba yarrelli
  • Black-backed Wagtail, Motacilla lugens
• Genus Dendroanthus
  • Forest Wagtail, Dendroanthus indicus
• 'Genus Macronyx'': longclaws
  • Cape Longclaw, Macronyx capensis
  • Cape Longclaw, Macronyx capensis
  • Yellow-throated Longclaw, Macronyx croceus
  • Fulleborne’s Longclaw, Macronyx fuellebornii
  • Sharpe’s Longclaw, Macronyx sharpei
  • Abyssinian Longclaw, Macronyx flavicollis
  • Pangani Longclaw, Macronyx aurantigula
  • Rosy-breasted Longclaw, Macronyx ameliae
  • Grimwood’s Longclaw, Macronyx grimwoodi.