family Motacillidae

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Noun1.family Motacillidae - pipits and wagtails
Motacillidae
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
genus Motacilla, Motacilla - type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails
Anthus, genus Anthus - pipits
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Tyler SJ (2004) Family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails).
On the wide occurrence of the Hellmayr's Pipit Anthus hellmayri in the Espinhaco Range, southeastern Brazil, with comments on its natural history/Sobre a larga ocorrencia do caminheiro-de-barriga-acanelada anthus hellmayri na serra do espinhaco, Sudeste Do Brazil, com comentarios sobre sua historia natural/Acerca de la amplia ocurrencia de la ...
sialis (Linnaeus) eastern I C bluebird Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, I A American robin Family Mimidae (mimic thrushes) Dumetella carolinensis (Linaeus), I C gray catbird Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus), I C northern mockingbird Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus), brown I C thrasher Family Sturnidae (starlings) Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, I A European starling Family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits) Anthus rubescens (Tunstall), I R American pipit Family Bombycillidae (waxwings) Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, I O cedar waxwing B.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana
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