Madagascar Wagtail
Motacilla flaviventris Hartlaub, 1860
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Motacilla flaviventris Hartlaub, 1860
- Name authority
- Hartlaub, 1860
- Common name
- Madagascar Wagtail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Genus
- Motacilla
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMotacillidae Horsfield, 1821
- genusMotacilla Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesMotacilla flaviventris Hartlaub, 1860
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Motacilla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp Temminck, 1820 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White WagtailMotacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea Tunstall, 1771 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis Sharpe, 1885 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Motacilla samveasnae J. W. Duckworth, Alstrom, P. Davidson, T. D. Evans, C. M. Poole, T. Setha & R. J. Timmins, 2001 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola Pallas, 1776 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-backed WagtailMotacilla clara Sharpe, 1908 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large Pied WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis Gmelin, 1789 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alaska WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis Gmelin, 1789 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=561229 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:44G9G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.