Finsch's Wheatear
Oenanthe finschii(Heuglin, MT, 1869)
English (US) Finsch's Wheatear
The Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii) 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.
- Scientific name
- Oenanthe finschii
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Finsch's Wheatear
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1869)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Oenanthe finschii finschii
- Oenanthe finschii barnesi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola Finschii
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1869)
- Type locality
- Siberia [= Syria, vide Meinertzhagen, 1930, in Nicoll, Birds Egypt, 1, p. 273].
- Original description
- Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's, der Nilquellen- und Küsten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des nördlichen Somal-Landes 1 p.350
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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