Profile
In flight
Songbirds
White-browed Wagtail
Motacilla maderaspatensis
- rare
- 55 km/h
- Least Concern
Largest of the wagtails, an Indian river spirit pacing the ghats in tuxedo black and white. Its whistled song is a fixture of monsoon dawns.
- Population
- common Indian subcontinent endemic
- Habitat
- rivers, ponds, irrigation channels, rooftops and urban water across the Indian subcontinent
- Diet
- insects, small invertebrates, occasional tadpoles
- Size
- 0.21 m
- Wingspan
- 0.3 m
