Motacilla flava 18cm
Manjal Vaalaatti in Tamil (மஞ்சள் வாலாட்டி)
Widespread in winter. Male breeding has olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts, with considerable variation in coloration of head depending on race. Female extremely variable, but often some features of breeding male. First winter birds typically have brownish-olive upperparts, and whitish underparts with variable yellowish wash; some can closely resemble citrine, but have narrower white supercilium which does not continue around ear-coverts. Damp grasslands.
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