Isabelline wheatear information

Isabelline wheatear
	bird showing black tail
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Oenanthe
Species:	O. isabellina
Binomial name
	Oenanthe isabellina; (Temminck, 1829)

The isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) 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.

In colouring it resembles a female northern wheatear but it is larger at 15–16.5 centimetres (5.9–6.5 in) in length, more upright and more tawny in colour, and has more black on its tail. The term isabelline refers to the parchment-like colouration. The axillaries and underwing coverts are white, whereas in the commoner bird they are mottled with grey. The sexes are similar.

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Oenanthe isabellina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710333A87931767. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710333A87931767.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Oenanthe isabellina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710333A87931767. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710333A87931767.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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Isabelline wheatear

bird showing black tail
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Oenanthe
Species:	O. isabellina
Binomial name
*Oenanthe isabellina* (Temminck, 1829)