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African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aguimp

Habitat:

Sabie river thickets

Notes:

Poor pics but the only one of these we saw during the whole trip.

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2 Comments

Its actually very similar to the European White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba) and same family but my African books do not list scientific names in most cases. I searched and it is actually Motacilla aguimp.

Bruce Weiskotten
Bruce Weiskotten 12 years ago

Looks a bit like the european magpie we have in Italy. Is it a Pica species?

Mpumalanga, South Africa

Spotted on Feb 27, 2008
Submitted on Nov 18, 2011

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