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Pipits, wagtails, longclaws
Order:
Passeriformes
Family: Motacillida
54 species
open habitats worldwide;
14-17 cm; tail, wings often edged with white or yellow; bill slender; nostrils without bristly tufts; neck short; head small; body slender; tail long; legs moderately long; claw of hallux elongated;
terrestrial, feeding chiefly on invertebrates;
"wag" or pump tail as they walk; flight song; male more brightly colored than or similar to female; 2-7 eggs; monogamous; biparental care.
(Image taken from Peterson, R. T. Eastern Birds. Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1980.)