page_title: List of birds of Pakistan
section_title: Wagtails and pipits
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Pakistan / Wagtails and pipits
caption_attribution_description: Motacilla flava Deutsch: Schafstelze English: Yellow Wagtail
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Pakistan. The avifauna of Pakistan include a total of 768 species, of which five are national symbols of Pakistan; the chukar pheasant is the national bird; the shaheen falcon is the symbolic icon of the Pakistan Air Force and the Pakistan Avicultural Foundation and the national bird of prey; the Asiatic peafowl is the national heritage bird; the cotton teal is the national aquatic bird of Pakistan; and the rose-ringed parakeet is the national pet.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature generally follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Accidental species are included in the total species count for Pakistan.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Pakistan
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Pakistan but exists in other places
  National symbols of Pakistan include:
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae
  Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
  Gray wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
  Western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava
  Citrine wagtail, Motacilla citreola
  White-browed wagtail, Motacilla maderaspatensis
  White wagtail, Motacilla alba
  Richard's pipit, Anthus richardi (A)
  Paddyfield pipit, Anthus rufulus
  Long-billed pipit, Anthus similis
  Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii
  Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris
  Upland pipit, Anthus sylvanus
  Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis
  Rosy pipit, Anthus roseatus
  Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis
  Olive-backed pipit, Anthus hodgsoni (A)
  Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus
  Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta
  American pipit, Anthus rubescens
caption: Yellow wagtail
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