"White wagtail"
Breeds mainly in Europe, Asia and North Africa. In the warmer lands of its range, the species leads a sedentary lifestyle, while populations from cooler regions migrate to Africa and back. Occasionally, the white wagtail is also found in Alaska.
The exact composition of the diet of white wagtails varies by location, but terrestrial and aquatic insects and other small invertebrates form the major part of the diet. These range from beetles, dragonflies, small snails, spiders, worms, crustaceans, to maggots found in carcasses and, most importantly, flies.Small fish fry have also been recorded in the diet. The white wagtail is somewhat unusual in the parts of its range where it is non-migratory as it is an insectivorous bird that continues to feed on insects during the winter
The population size ranges from 130 to 230 million individuals.
They have featured on stamps from Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Finland, Georgia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Jersey, Kuwait, Latvia, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom and Vietnam.The white wagtail is the national bird of Latvia, and has been often mentioned in Latvian folk songs.
