Meanings
nounwhite wagtail (plural white wagtails)
plural white wagtails
- a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae (Motacilla alba).
Translations
Catalan cuereta blanca
- cuereta blancabird in the wagtail family
Czech konipas bílý
- konipas bílýbird in the wagtail family
Danish vipstjert, hvid vipstjert
- vipstjertbird in the wagtail family
- hvid vipstjertbird in the wagtail family
Dutch witte kwikstaart
- witte kwikstaartbird in the wagtail family
Finnish västäräkki
- västäräkkibird in the wagtail family
French bergeronnette grise
- bergeronnette grisebird in the wagtail family
German Bachstelze
- Bachstelzebird in the wagtail family
Hebrew נחליאלי לבן
- נחליאלי לבן (Naẖli'eli lavan)bird in the wagtail family
Hungarian barázdabillegető
- barázdabillegetőbird in the wagtail family
Irish glasóg sráide
- glasóg sráidebird in the wagtail family
Japanese 白鶺鴒
- 白鶺鴒 (hakusekirei)bird in the wagtail family
Korean 알락할미새
- 알락할미새 (allakhalmisae)bird in the wagtail family
Norwegian linerle
- linerlebird in the wagtail family
Polish pliszka siwa
- pliszka siwabird in the wagtail family
Portuguese alvéola-branca
- alvéola-brancabird in the wagtail family
Punjabi ਚਿੱਟਾ ਮਮੋਲਾ
- ਚਿੱਟਾ ਮਮੋਲਾ (ciṭṭā mamolā)bird in the wagtail family
Romanian codobatură albă
- codobatură albăbird in the wagtail family
Russian бе́лая трясогу́зка
- бе́лая трясогу́зка (bélaja trjasogúzka)bird in the wagtail family
Slovak trasochvost biely
- trasochvost bielybird in the wagtail family
Spanish lavandera blanca, aguzanieves
- lavandera blancabird in the wagtail family
- aguzanievesbird in the wagtail family
- pajarita de las nievesbird in the wagtail family
- pititabird in the wagtail family
- pipitabird in the wagtail family
- pezpitabird in the wagtail family
Swedish sädesärla
- sädesärlabird in the wagtail family
Turkish ak kuyruksallayan
- ak kuyruksallayanbird in the wagtail family
Welsh siglen fraith
- siglen fraithbird in the wagtail family
Cite this entry
APA
white wagtail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20wagtail
MLA
“white wagtail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20wagtail. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white wagtail,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20wagtail.
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