a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
Examples of 'pied wagtail' in a sentence
pied wagtail
Some occasionally stay here and hybridise with a pied wagtail.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The first bird was a pied wagtail, calling sweetly from the ramparts.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Pied wagtail, swift and mallard complete the list.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He renders every living organism from the pied wagtail to the pond weed so that it can be precisely identified.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A bird, a pied wagtail, has developed the habit of sitting on it, so from time to time its guano must be hosed off.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
So here it is: mallard, feral pigeon, wood pigeon, herring gull, pied wagtail, cormorant.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He sometimes allows another subordinate pied wagtail into the territory to help him defend it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In reedbeds, flocks of 5,000 roosting pied wagtails have been found.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Our own pied wagtails are now busy claiming territories and courting.