▁very ▁rare ▁in ▁the ▁Ind us ▁valley ▁area . ▁It ▁is ▁absent ▁from ▁the ▁S ind ▁region ▁of ▁Pakistan . ▁It ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁open ▁fresh water ▁wet land ▁habit ats . ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁Mot ac illa ▁w agt ails ▁that ▁has ▁adapted ▁well ▁to ▁urban ▁habit ats ▁and ▁is ▁often ▁found ▁per ched ▁on ▁overhead ▁water ▁stor ages ▁in ▁resident ial ▁buildings . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁rare ▁winter ▁visitor ▁to ▁Sri ▁L anka ▁and ▁have ▁possibly ▁extended ▁their ▁range ▁in ▁recent ▁times . ▁ ▁Tax onomy ▁and ▁system at ics ▁Stuart ▁Baker ▁in ▁his ▁second ▁edition ▁of ▁The ▁Fa una ▁of ▁British ▁India ▁considered ▁this ▁as ▁a ▁sub species ▁of ▁the ▁white ▁w ag tail , ▁calling ▁it ▁Mot ac illa ▁lug ub ris ▁m ader asp at ensis . ▁This ▁was ▁however ▁critic ized ▁by ▁C ▁B ▁T ice h urst , ▁who ▁noted ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁much ▁larger , ▁never ▁had ▁the ▁white ▁fore head ▁of ▁the ▁white ▁w ag tail , ▁was ▁non - m ig rat ory ▁and ▁lack ed ▁a ▁spring ▁mou lt . ▁This ▁species ▁is ▁now ▁considered ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁su pers pecies ▁with ▁Japanese ▁w ag tail , ▁M ek ong ▁w ag tail ▁and ▁the ▁more ▁distant ▁African ▁pied ▁w ag tail . ▁Similar ities ▁in ▁pre - cop ul atory ▁behaviour ▁with ▁the ▁Japanese ▁w ag tail ▁have ▁been ▁noted . ▁Its ▁song ▁much ▁res emb les ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁recently ▁described ▁M ek ong ▁w ag