Citrine Wagtail

Latin Name: 
Motacilla citreola
Size: 
17cm
Description: 

Grey back; diagnostic yellow head, sides of face, complete underbody; white in dark wings. The race calcarata has a deep-black back and rump; yellow of head may be paler in female; plumage of races often confusing. Sociable, often with other wagtails; shows marked preference for damp areas; sometimes moves on floating vegetation on pond surfaces; either walks cautiously or makes short dashes.

Habitat: 
marshes, wet cultivation, jheel edges.
Food: 
insects, small snails.
Distribution: 
winter visitor over most of India; the race calcarata breeds in Ladakh, Lahaul and Spiti and Kashmir, at 1,500–4,600m.
Call: 
Call Description: 
ordinary call note is a wheezy tzzeep, quite similar in tone to Yellow Wagtail M. flava.
IUCN: 
Least Concern
At IITK: 
sparse winter visitor