Western Black-eared Wheatear
Oenanthe hispanica(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Western Black-eared Wheatear
The Western Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) 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 southwestern Europe (Spain and Portugal eastward to Italy and northern Croatia) and northwestern Africa (eastward to northwestern Libya); winters in the western Sahel (eastward to Niger and northern Nigeria)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oenanthe hispanica
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Western Black-eared Wheatear
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla hispanica
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Hispania [= Gibraltar, vide Hartert, 1910, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 685].
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.186
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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