---
title: "Alvéola-citrina"
description: "Motacilla citreola — Aves. The citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) is a small songbird in the family Motacillidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/citrine-wagtail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Alvéola-citrina

> Motacilla citreola — Aves. The citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) is a small songbird in the family Motacillidae.

- Scientific name: *Motacilla citreola*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 15296
- Wikidata: [Q206540](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206540)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13687](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13687)

## Names

- en: Citrine Wagtail
- de: Zitronenstelze
- es: Lavandera cetrina
- fr: Bergeronnette citrine
- pt: Alvéola-citrina
- pl: Pliszka cytrynowa

## Countries with the most observations

RU (11276), IN (1216), CN (428), UA (270), KZ (123), KG (91), BY (69), MN (69), IL (68), OM (66), TH (61), FI (47)

## Summary

The citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola) is a small songbird in the family Motacillidae.

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

## Photo

![Alvéola-citrina](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/citrine-wagtail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thompson Hyggen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241469307

## Machine access

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