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Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)

Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)

About Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)

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

The isabelline wheatear is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae. It is a migratory insectivorous bird. Its habitat is steppe and open countryside and it breeds in southern Russia and Central Asia to northern Pakistan, wintering in Africa and northwestern India. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2006-01-08

    Rathambore National Park, India
    Original id as red-tailed wheatear
  • 2006-03-23

    Sultan's Marsh Bird Paradise, Turkey
    Image from 2006-03-23
  • 2008-07-19

    Irkutsk - Freeway Swamps, Russia
  • 2008-07-25

    Tuva - Kyzyl, Russia
  • 2011-01-04

    Lake Langano - Bishangari Forest, Ethiopia
  • 2011-01-07

    Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia
  • 2011-01-09

    Yabello, Ethiopia
  • 2011-01-25

    Lalibela, Ethiopia
    Image from 2011-01-25
  • 2013-11-01

    Kalokol, Kenya
    Image from 2013-11-01
  • 2013-11-02

    Central Island National Park, Kenya
  • 2013-11-03

    Sibiloi National Park, Kenya
  • 2013-11-05

    Lokichar, Kenya
    Image from 2013-11-05
  • 2025-01-31

    Engikaret Lark Plains, Tanzania