Wagtail - a bird that lives almost everywhere. Exceptions are the islands in the Pacific and Antarctica. Some species nest even in the arctic tundra and in the The island of South Georgia in the subantarctic zone. On the territory of the Russian Federation the most common white wagtail. These birds usually build houses near the ground in dense thick vegetation, but often under the roofs of houses, in attics, in the cracks of the walls of buildings, in hollows of trees, in crevices of rocks, in burrows on steep banks of rivers. The nest is extremely simple in design, it is a bowl. The pair builds it from the stems of herbs, animal wool, down and feathers. The wagtail wolf is born helpless, but develops extremely fast. At the age of half a month the baby begins an independent life.
Wagtails are broken into pairs immediately upon arrival from wintering. They occupy the territory where their future dwelling will be located, but the nest itself begins to be built only a month later. In areas with a cold climate, wagtails make 1 masonry per year, in the south - 2, sometimes 3. The waders of the wagtail are spent in the nest on average about 2 weeks. Both parents take care of their nutrition, moreover, feeding occurs up to 300 times a day. The chicks stand on the wing after 10 days of life and often fly out of the nest before they have learned to fly. Parents feed them on the ground, if the kids do not die. Wagtails are wonderful parents. During the incubation of eggs and the feeding of chicks, these birds strictly adhere to their site of the territory. In the nest sits a female. This lasts for 2 weeks. The nest can have from 1 to 9 eggs. The male brings food to the female and behaves extremely aggressively towards other birds who decided to break the border.
Wolves of the wagtail appear in the light of the blind, covered with a rare fluff. Their body can not keep the heat balance, and the female warms the brood for a week with her body. When the kids leave the eggs, the caring mom immediately cleans the nest of the shell, takes it away from the home and even tries to break it. And in the next time carefully removes the litter. The male continues to take care of his family alone. When wolves of wagtail are covered with feathers, parents begin to rear their offspring together. After the beginning of independent life, the youth will unite in packs. They are quite simple to distinguish from adult birds by unformed forms, the presence of fluff and unexpressed color. The waders of the wagtail by the end of August - the moment of flight to the wintering grounds - are completely transformed into adult birds. These are small birds: depending on the species, from 13 to 22 centimeters in length. The body is elongated, thin. A small round head on a short neck with a long, thin, helical, curved beak. Wings pointed two-peaked. Depending on the species, the tail is long or medium, formed by 12 steering feathers. Eyes of brown color. Sexual dimorphism is practically absent. Wagtails are easily bred in captivity. In this case, they are loyal to birds of other species, fearlessly treats a person.