Wren and a Pied Wagtail.

[Mikbone]

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Nice, Mick. Especially the PIed Wagtail.

You know, these Pied wagtails look so much like our White wagtails. What's the difference, I wonder? How do you tell them apart?

 

[Jack Dawe]

You know, these Pied wagtails look so much like our White wagtails. What's the difference, I wonder? How do you tell them apart?

White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba and Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba and Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii
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So the yarrellii has more dark on the flanks. That would be something I could see in the field. Thanks, Jason!

 

[Jack Dawe]

So the yarrellii has more dark on the flanks. That would be something I could see in the field. Thanks, Jason!

Yes, though unfortunately those paintings over-emphasise the difference in the flank colours. White Wagtails do actually have grey flanks, but Pied Wagtails' always look darker grey. Personally I think the easiest way to tell them apart is the tone of the back. White Wagtail is always that clean, silvery grey, whereas a female Pied Wagtail is always darker