Somali Wheatear
Oenanthe phillipsi(Shelley, GE, 1885)
English (US) Somali Wheatear
The Somali Wheatear (Oenanthe phillipsi) 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: mountains of southeastern Ethiopia and northern SomaliaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oenanthe phillipsi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Somali Wheatear
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1885)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola phillipsi
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1885)
- Type locality
- mountains near Berbera.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.5, vol.3, no.12 p.404 pl.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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