The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy Author Bishop, K. David text Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 2023 2023-03-06 143 1 3 62 journal article 298463 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409 2513-9894 11642130 805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D *EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla tschutschensis Range Subspecies? Biak. Status Palearctic migrant. Uncommon but regular Palearctic migrant to New Guinea (Beehler & Pratt 2016) . 7 October 1997 : SvB saw one at Wadibu, Biak, on a substrate of pebbles and dry sand. It had uniform dirty greyish-yellow underparts, with the breast-sides washed grey, a pronounced pale supercilium, uniform greyish-brown upperparts, wings with several fine pale bars; legs greyish brown; bill with a pinkish gape (?); white outer tail feathers. It pumped its tail and uttered a single tsreep in flight. A second bird was seen a short while later in the same area.