Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) - Male

About Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Birds
Order: Perching Birds
Family: Old World Flycatchers

The northern wheatear or wheatear is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the wheatear genus Oenanthe in Europe and North and Central Asia. The northern wheatear is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open stony country in Europe and east across the Palearctic with footholds in northeastern Canada and Greenland as well as in northwestern Canada and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows. All birds spend most of their winter in Africa.

Source: Wikipedia