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Motacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766 
AphiaID: 212755

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Passeriformes (Order) > Motacillidae (Family) > Motacilla (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Motacilla Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details]

basis of record: Keith, S., E.K. Urban & C.H. Fry (1992). The Birds of Africa, Volume IV. Academic Press, London. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch Kaapse kwikstaart  [details]
English Cape wagtail  [details]
French bergeronnette du Cap  [details]
German Kapstelze  [details]
Environment marine, brackish
Distribution Mozambique [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Palearctic migrant [details]

Remark: Forms a superspecies with M. flaviventris (Mad) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212755
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Motacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212755 on 2013-05-23
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