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Iberian Pied Wagtail
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Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Open ground (very rare).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Black throat patch year-round.
When to look
A rare visitor, not a resident. There is no dependable season, though most rarities are found during spring and autumn migration. More on the season in Rare birds in the UK.
How rare is it?
The Iberian Pied Wagtail sits in our Epic tier for the UK: a scarce visitor, recorded in small numbers in most years. It is not on the Red or Amber lists in Birds of Conservation Concern 5.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Black-headed WagtailEpic · Marshes (very rare race)
- Eastern Yellow WagtailEpic · Marshes (very rare vagrant)
- Pied WagtailCommon · Open ground
- Citrine WagtailRare · Marshes (rare passage)
- Grey-headed WagtailRare · Marshes (rare passage)
- Western Yellow WagtailUncommon · Wet meadows
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