Hume's Wheatear
Oenanthe albonigra(Hume, AO, 1872)
English (US) Hume's Wheatear
The Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: bare rocky hills of eastern Arabia to southern Iran, Afghanistan, and PakistanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oenanthe albonigra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hume's Wheatear
- Described by
- (Hume, AO, 1872)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola Alboniger
- Described by
- (Hume, AO, 1872)
- Type locality
- stony hills which divide Kelat from Sindh . . . and Mekran Coast.
- Original description
- Stray Feathers 1 p.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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