General

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Palau): Small wagtail (tschutschensis), olive-green upperparts, yellow underparts with brown spots on sides of breast. White throat with faint brown necklace. Gray head has black ear patches, white eyebrows. Dark wings with two white bars. Black tail with white edges.

Breeding and Nesting

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Palau): Four to seven buff to white eggs, marked with brown, buff, or gray, are laid in a cup nest made of grass, forbs, leaves, and mosses, and lined with hair and feathers. Incubation ranges from 10 to 13 days and is carried out by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Palau): Eats insects, worms, snails, and sometimes seeds and fruits; forages on the ground.

Vocalization

Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Palau): Call is a bold "tsweep" and flight call is a repeated "seet seet." Song is a short, trilling "chip-chip-chip" or low "pee-weet, pee-weet."

Similar Species

Eastern Yellow Wagtail: Gray Wagtail has longer tail, gray back with flight feathers not edged in white, and black throat during breeding season.