O xénero, ''Motacilla'' foi creado con este nome por [[Carl Linnaeus]] en 1758 na 10ª edición de [[Systema Naturae]].<ref>{{citeCita booklibro | last=Linnaeus | first=Carl | authorlink=Carl Linnaeus | year=1758 | title= Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | volume=Volume 1| edition=10th | page=184 | publisher=Holmiae:Laurentii Salvii | language=Latin | url= https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727091 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Greenway | editor2-first=James C. Jr | year=1960 | title=Check-list of Birds of the World | volume=Volume 9 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=130 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480805 }}</ref> ''Motacilla'' en latín era o nome da [[lavandeira branca]], que é o diminutivo de ''motare'', 'moverse continuamente', pero desde tempos medievais confundiuse ''cilla'' con 'cola'.<ref name =job>{{citeCita booklibro | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year= 2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=261}}</ref> O termo ''citreola'' en latín significa 'de cor amarelado'.
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