Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla tschutschensis (Motacilla flava)

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
ELCODE: 
ABPBM01060
Common Name: 
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Scientific Name: 
Motacilla tschutschensis (Motacilla flava)
Synonyms: 
Motacilla flava
Naming References: 
ASC7
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Bird
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Chordata
Class: 
Aves
Order: 
Passeriformes
Family: 
Motacillidae
Distribution

Ecozones

Southern Arctic
References: 
W025

Distribution

Only in extreme NW of mainland NWT; beeding evidence (W025) Northwest corner of NWT - a small range extended from Northern Alaska and Yukon population (Canadian Wildlife Service – Prairie & Northern Region 2009. Bird distributions in Nunavut & the Northwest Territories: 2009 Review.)
Score: 
E
References: 
W025

Number of Occurrences

Two historical records from NWT-NU Checklist program (CWS): Sept.9, 1972 in Fort Providence, by R. Slater and July 12, 1980 at the Elk and Thelon Rivers by R. Pope. Also a record from the 70s from LGL gas pipline reports. Source: R260)
References: 
R260

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Species at the edge of expected range and not enough data to confirm actual population sizes or species status. Few records and poor monitoring coverage in that region of the NWT. Little data to confirm staus of species.
S Rank: 
SNA
Decision Process Description: 
Added to the list in 2006, some breeding evidence; Reviewed in 2010;no change; Reviewed by Emily Upham-Mills CWS in 2015, no change; reviewed by S Carriere modified from presence expected to undetermined, error corection - based on old records) (s Carriere)
Last Updated: 
May 5, 2016

References

Ecozones

  • Nature Serve: An online encyclopedia of life (web application) (2005) Version 4.2 (11 January 2005). Arlington Virginia USA. Association for Biodiversity Information.. http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?init=Species - W025 Return

Naming

  • AOU (2004) Forty-fifth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union check-list of North American birds. AUK 121:985-995 - ASC7 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Schweinsburg, RE. (1971) Prepared by LGL Limited, Environmental Research Associates. February, 1974. - R260 Return

Range Extent

  • Nature Serve: An online encyclopedia of life (web application) (2005) Version 4.2 (11 January 2005). Arlington Virginia USA. Association for Biodiversity Information.. http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?init=Species - W025 Return