- The
wheatears /ˈhwiːtɪər/ are p****erine
birds of the
genus Oenanthe. They were
formerly considered to be
members of the
thrush family, ****idae, but are...
-
migration for a
songbird as far as we know," said Dr Schmaljohann.
Northern wheatears first breed when they are one year old. The nest is
built entirely by...
-
estimated that 50,000 Seebohm's
wheatears winter in west
Africa where they
overlap with
Northern wheatears. The
Atlas wheatear breeds in
mountains on stony...
- only a
black centre to its tail. The
black wheatear never has a
white crown, but
young white-crowned
wheatears also lack this feature. It
breeds on cliffs...
- plumage.
Panov (
Wheatears of Palearctic, 2005)
discusses the
latest taxonomy for the
mourning wheatear superspecies. The
mourning wheatear is
split from...
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between Cyprus wheatear and
migrating northern wheatears O.
oenanthe and black-eared
wheatears O.
hispanica melanoleuca.
Cyprus wheatear uses more aerial...
- The
desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) is a
wheatear, a
small p****erine bird that was
formerly classed as a
member of the
thrush family ****idae, but...
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spiders and
insect larvae, and it
sometimes eats
seeds as well.
Isabelline wheatears are
solitary birds in
their winter quarters and may ****ociate with other...
- rusty-breasted
wheatear was
formerly considered to be a
subspecies of the red-breasted
wheatear(Oenanthe bottae)
which is now
renamed the buff-breasted
wheatear. BirdLife...
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underparts are
white with buff on the
flanks and
lower belly. Like
other wheatears, it has a
distinctive tail
pattern with a
black feathers on the base and...
