Pied Wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka(Lepekhin, II, 1770)
English (US) Pied Wheatear
The Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) 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 stony south-central Eurasia; winters to Arabia, Iran, and northeastern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oenanthe pleschanka
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pied Wheatear
- Described by
- (Lepekhin, II, 1770)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla pleschanka
- Described by
- (Lepekhin, II, 1770)
- Type locality
- Saratov, lower Volga.
- Original description
- Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14 p.503 pl.14 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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