White-crowned Wheatear

Also known as White-crowned black wheatear, Oenanthe leucopyga

species of bird

Species

Least Concern

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Oenanthe
Image: Traquet à tête blanche Jebil NP.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
Commons category: Oenanthe leucopyga
taxon name: Oenanthe leucopyga
Commons gallery: Oenanthe leucopyga
taxon common name: saharska bjeloguza
litter size: 3.9
egg incubation period: 14
taxon range: Africa
taxon author citation: (Brehm, 1855)

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Encyclopedic overview

The white-crowned wheatear, or white-crowned black wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga) is a wheatear, a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.

Description

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