Red-rumped Wheatear
Oenanthe moesta(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
English (US) Red-rumped Wheatear
The Red-rumped Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta) 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: far northwestern Mauritania through Morocco and coastal northwestern Egypt, southern Syria to Jordan, northwestern Saudi Arabia, and southwestern IraqRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oenanthe moesta
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-rumped Wheatear
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola moesta
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
- Type locality
- Egypt [= between Bir Hamam and Gassr Eschtaebi, vide Stresemann, 1954, Abh. Deutschen Akad. Wiss., Naturwiss., Berlin, 1, p. 173].
- 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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