Cape Wagtail

Motacilla capensis - Bergeronnette du Cap

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Motacillidés
Genus
:
Motacilla
Species
:
capensis

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics

Size
: 21 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 17 à 25 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis) is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Motacilla capensis capensis (w and s Namibia to s Mozambique and South Africa)
Motacilla capensis simplicissima (Angola and ne Namibia to se DRCongo, Zambia and w Zimbabwe)
Motacilla capensis wellsi (e DRCongo and sw Uganda to c Kenya and nw Tanzania)

Foreign names

Bergeronnette du Cap,
Lavandera de El Cabo,
alvéola-do-cabo,
Kapstelze,
fokföldi billegető,
Kaapse Kwikstaart,
Ballerina del Capo,
kapärla,
Askeerle,
trasochvost bielohrdlý,
konipas jihoafrický,
Kapvipstjert,
suvantovästäräkki,
Gewone Kwikkie,
cuereta del Cap,
pliszka obrożna,
Капская трясогузка,
サメハクセキレイ,
海角鹡鸰,
南非鶺鴒,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Strea

ms/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Sand Dunes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens, Urban Areas ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Ponds (below 8ha), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land, Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches