White wagtail
Motacilla alba
Identification Tips:
- Slender bill
- Black cap, nape, throat and upper breast
- White forehead and side of face
- Black eyeline
- Gray back
- White patch in wing
- White underparts
- Black tail with white outer tail feathers
- Dark legs
- Female has pale throat
- Juveniles have duller, browner plumage
- Breeds in Alaska
Similar species:
Black-backed Wagtail is similar to White Wagtail. Male has black, not
gray, back and more white in wings. Females and juveniles very similar.