Population status

Eastern Yellow Wagtail
(Motacilla tschutschensis)

The Eastern Yellow Wagtail is common across much of Western Alaska, but becomes uncommon to the east. It has been sighted as far east as the Mackenzie Delta (Fraker and Fraker 1980), and the species is fairly common at some locations on the Yukon's North Slope (Salter et al. 1980, Sinclair et al. 2003). Its range in Canada is very small and remote; populations are not monitored by any systematic survey, so population size and trend are unknown. Because of the lack of information, a national population goal for the Eastern Yellow Wagtail has not yet been determined.

Population goal and acceptable levels of variation

References

• Badyaev, A.V., B. Kessel and D.D. Gibson. 1998. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Badyaev, A.V., B. Kessel and D.D. Gibson. 1998. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. (Link)
• Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council (CESCC). 2016. Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Wild Species 2015: The General Status of Species in Canada. National General Status Working Group.128 pp. Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council (CESCC). 2016. Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Wild Species 2015: The General Status of Species in Canada. National General Status Working Group.128 pp. (Link)
• Fraker, M.A. and R.N. Fraker. 1980. Yellow Wagtail east of the MacKenzie Delta. Canadian Field-Naturlist 94:465-466.
• Salter, R.E., M.A. Gollop, S.R. Johnson, W.R. Koski, and C.E. Tull. 1980. Distribution and abundance of birds on the arctic coastal plain of northern Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories, 1971-1976. Canadian Field-Naturalist 94:219-238.
• Sinclair, P.H., W.A. Nixon, C.D. Eckert and N. L. Hughes. 2003. Birds of the Yukon Territory. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, British Columbia. 644 pp.