Red-tailed Wheatear
Oenanthe chrysopygia(de Filippi, F, 1863)
English (US) Red-tailed Wheatear
The Red-tailed Wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia) 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: breeds from northeastern Türkiye, southern Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran eastward to southern Turkmenistan, southern Tajikistan (Pamir range), Afghanistan, and far northwestern Pakistan; winters from the southern Arabian Peninsula and southern Iraq eastward to Pakistan and northwestern IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oenanthe chrysopygia
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-tailed Wheatear
- Described by
- (de Filippi, F, 1863)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Dromolaea chrysopygia
- Described by
- (de Filippi, F, 1863)
- Type locality
- Demavend, north-central Iran.
- Original description
- Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia 2 p.381
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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