[James Kilkelly, was GPI.]

Pied Wagtail ... Motacilla alba ... Glasóg shraide, photo / pic / image.
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Widespread bird in the towns and out in the country.
Black and white with a long black and white tail.
This tail wags up and down.
The female is greyish on the back and the young are dull coloured with poor markings.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Motacilla
Species: M. alba
Binomial name
Motacilla alba


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[Sean Ph'lib]

Hallo there,
Down here in Kerry, we call the Pied Wagtail "Seabhainin an carn aoiligh" (Little Joan of the dung-heap)