Mourning Wheatear
Oenanthe lugens(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
English (US) Mourning Wheatear
The Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens) 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 lugens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mourning Wheatear
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Oenanthe lugens halophila
- Oenanthe lugens lugens
- Oenanthe lugens persica
- Oenanthe lugens warriae
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola lugens
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
- Type locality
- Nubia [= Deram, vide Stresemann, 1954, Abh. Deutschen Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss., Berlin, 1, p. 174].
- Original description
- Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen p.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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