Cyprus Wheatear
Oenanthe cypriaca(Homeyer, EF, 1885)
English (US) Cyprus Wheatear
The Cyprus Wheatear (Oenanthe cypriaca) 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 stony areas of Cyprus; winters in northeastern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oenanthe cypriaca
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cyprus Wheatear
- Described by
- (Homeyer, EF, 1885)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola cypriaca
- Described by
- (Homeyer, EF, 1885)
- Type locality
- Cyprus.
- Original description
- Zeitschrift für die gesammte Ornithologie 1 p.397
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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