Ten documented wagtail species in licensed photographs, comparing visible plumage and silhouettes. An editorial selection, not a ranking of beauty, size or rarity. Visuals are real Wikimedia Commons photographs, not AI-generated images. Narration is synthesized with Edge TTS. Photographs are resized and fitted to a portrait frame; derived images retain their source licenses. White wagtail: Jac. Janssen from BAARLO LB, NL; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180415_015_Winterswijk_Witte_kwikstaart_%2840785272624%29.jpg Grey wagtail: Herwig Winter; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gebirgsstelze_im_Geo-Naturpark_Bergstra%C3%9Fe-Odenwald.jpg Western yellow wagtail: Frebeck; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiesenschafstelze.JPG Citrine wagtail: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Citrine_Wagtail_%28Motacilla_citreola%29_%2814343964296%29.jpg Cape wagtail: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_wagtail_%28Motacilla_capensis%29.jpg Madagascar wagtail: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madagascar_wagtail_%28Motacilla_flaviventris%29.jpg Mountain wagtail: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mountain_wagtail%2C_Motacilla_clara.jpg African pied wagtail: Charles J. Sharp; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_pied_wagtail_%28Motacilla_aguimp_vidua%29.jpg Japanese wagtail: nubobo from Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motacilla_grandis_-Japan-8.jpg White-browed wagtail: Yogendra Joshi; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motacilla_maderaspatensis_-Pashan_Lake%2C_Pune%2C_Maharashtra%2C_India-8.jpg Adapted visuals and original contributions to this version are offered under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Source photographs retain their stated licenses.