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title: "Östliche Schafstelze"
description: "Motacilla tschutschensis — Vögel. The eastern yellow wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/eastern-yellow-wagtail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Östliche Schafstelze

> Motacilla tschutschensis — Vögel. The eastern yellow wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws.

- Scientific name: *Motacilla tschutschensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8241
- Wikidata: [Q4810698](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4810698)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145207](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145207)

## Names

- en: Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- de: Östliche Schafstelze
- es: Lavandera Amarilla
- fr: Bergeronnette de Béringie
- pl: Pliszka syberyjska

## Countries with the most observations

TW (2835), HK (1188), RU (979), CN (563), IN (296), TH (280), KR (201), SG (137), US (125), MY (94), ID (74), JP (74)

## Summary

The eastern yellow wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. It was formerly usually classified as a subspecies of the western yellow wagtail, but was split from it in 2003 when genetic data showed this classification to be paraphyletic with respect to the citrine wagtail. It breeds in the eastern Palearctic and Alaska and migrates to South Asia and Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_yellow_wagtail

## Photo

![Östliche Schafstelze](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-yellow-wagtail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156003582

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-yellow-wagtail?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).