White Wagtail

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Quick-stepping white wagtails scour lawns and riverbanks, flicking their black-tipped tails while snapping up flies. Clad in crisp grey, white and ink, they nest in bridge crevices and rooftops, then migrate from European villages to African valleys. Latvia even crowns it its national bird.

Habitat: The White Wagtail can be found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Burkina-faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central-african-rep, Chad, Dem-rep-congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Macedonia, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi-arabia, Senegal, Sierra-leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, Spain, Sri-lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United-kingdom, Vietnam, Yemen, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia-and-herz, China, Georgia, Ghana, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, North-korea, South-korea, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United-states-of-america, Florida-us, Alaska-us, Texas-us, California-us, New-york-us, Hawaii-us, Uzbekistan, Benin, Palestine, S-sudan, United-arab-emirates, W-sahara, Australia, Burundi, Canada, Gabon, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-and-tobago, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe