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Northern Wheatear

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Northern Wheatear

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Also known as wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe

species of bird

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The Northern Wheatear (*Oenanthe oenanthe*) is a species of bird classified within the family Muscicapidae and order Passeriformes. It belongs to the class Aves and phylum Chordata. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2018.

This diurnal bird has a wingspan of 0.28 and an average litter size of 5.3. Its taxonomic range includes South America and Africa. The Northern Wheatear is not extinct and has been the subject of 46,165 observations on iNaturalist.

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Species

Least Concern

northern wheatear

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderPasseriformes
  4. FamilyMuscicapidae
Observations46,165

Gesang des Steinschmätzers, Dartmoor, Devon, 1966 Der Steinschmätzer (Oenanthe oenanthe) ist eine Vogelart aus der Familie der Fliegenschnäpperartigen (Muscicapidae). Weibchen Steinschmätzer, Jungvogel

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Encyclopedic overview

Northern wheatear juvenile

The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the wheatear genus Oenanthe in Europe and North and Central Asia. The northern wheatear is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open stony country in Europe and east across the Palearctic with footholds in northeastern Canada and Greenland as well as in northwestern Canada and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows. All birds spend most of their winter in Africa.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northern Wheatear” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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