(isim) sarı kuyruksallayan

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Definition von (isim) sarı kuyruksallayan im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

wagtail

Any of various small passerine birds of the family Motacillidae, of the Old World, notable for their long tails

{n} a genus of small birds

{i} old world song bird having a long tail which wags up and down when it walks

Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks

Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidæ

A wagtail is a type of small bird which moves its tail quickly up and down as it walks. a small European bird that moves its tail quickly up and down when it walks. Any of 7-10 passerine species in the genus Motacilla and the forest wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus) of Asia. Wagtails continually pump their long tail up and down; the forest wagtail wags its entire body from side to side. They inhabit beaches, meadows, and streamsides, nesting on the ground and roosting in trees. Males of the white, or pied, wagtail (M. alba), common across Eurasia, are white and gray or white and black. The only New World species, the yellow wagtail (M. flava), breeds in Alaska and migrates to Asia

They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name

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(i·sim) sa·rı kuy·ruk·sal·la·yan