Birds of the World


White-fronted Black Chat (Oenanthe albifrons frontalis) Male Range: AF: w, c, e Tujereng Woods, Tujereng, Western Division, The Gambia
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Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) Range: PAL: Iraq to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Oman Pakistan
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Buff-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) Range: PAL: montane sw Arabian Pen.

Red-tailed Wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia)
Range: PAL: Armenia to c Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan
Kuwait

Photograph by Mohd Khorshed Copyright and usage info

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Cyprus Wheatear (Oenanthe cypriaca) Range: PAL: Cyprus


Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) Range: PAL: sc, c, also n Africa Saudi Arabia
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Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) Range: PAL: sc, c, also n Africa Pakistan
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Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti deserti) Range: PAL: sc, c, also n Africa Dundgovi, Mongolia
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Sombre Rock Chat (Oenanthe dubia) Range: AF: nc Ethiopia (single old record nw Somalia) Beseka, Ethiopia
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Familiar Chat (Oenanthe familiaris) Range: AF: w, c, e, s Johannesburg, South Africa
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)
Range: PAL: sc
Kuwait

Photograph by Mohd Khorshed Copyright and usage info


Rusty-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe frenata) Range: AF: montane Eritrea (rare) and Ethiopia Ethiopia
Photograph by Mikael Bauer © All Rights Reserved.


Brown Rock Chat (Oenanthe fusca) Range: OR: Pakistan and n, c India India
Photograph by Sylvère Corre © All Rights Reserved.


Maghreb Wheatear (Oenanthe halophila) Male Range: AF: n Africa from Morocco to w Egypt Morocco
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Heuglin's Wheatear (Oenanthe heuglinii) Range: AF: Mauritania, Guinea and Cameroon to Sudan and nw Kenya Poli, Cameroon
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Western Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) Male Range: PAL: sw, sc Europe and nw Africa Skoura, Morocco
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to Eastern Black-eared Wheatear.


Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) Range: PAL: Ukraine to Mongolia and n China and s to Israel, Iran and Pakistan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Photograph by Ammadoux © All Rights Reserved.


White-crowned Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga) Range: AF, PAL: n Africa to n, c Arabian Pen. Skoura, Morocco
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.

Note immatures are otherwise similar, but have a black crown for up to two years.


Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) Range: PAL: sw, also n Africa Merzouga, Morocco
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Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens)
Range: PAL, AF: e Egypt through Arabian Pen. to Iran
Kuwait

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Note the warriae race in Jordan/Syria is almost all black.


Arabian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugentoides lugentoides) Range: PAL: s Arabian Pen. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Abyssinian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris schalowi) Male Range: AF: e Africa Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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Abyssinian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris lugubris) Female Range: AF: e Africa Lake Langano, Ethiopia
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Sometimes considered a subspecies of the Mourning Wheatear. Even as a species, the Abyssinian Wheatear has two distinct subspecies, one with a black belly and one with a white belly.


Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca) Male Range: PAL: sc, se Europe through the Middle East to Iran and sw Kazakhstan Lesvoz, Greece
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Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca) Female
Range: PAL: sc, se Europe through the Middle East to Iran and sw Kazakhstan
Kuwait

Photograph by Mohd Khorshed Copyright and usage info

The male Eastern Black-eared Wheatear is whiter than the Western Black-eared Wheatear. Females similar.


Blackstart (Oenanthe melanura) Range: PAL, AF: Arabian Pen. through e, c, w Africa Saudi Arabia
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Red-rumped Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta) Male Range: PAL, AF: n Africa to nw Saudi Arabia, Syria and w Iraq Boumalne, Morocco
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Red-rumped Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta) Female Range: PAL, AF: n Africa to nw Saudi Arabia, Syria and w Iraq Boumalne, Morocco
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Hooded Wheatear (Oenanthe monacha)
Range: PAL: e Egypt to sw Pakistan
Kuwait

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Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe libanotica) Male Range: PAL: widespread, also n NA Spain
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Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Male Range: PAL: widespread, also n NA Senegal The African 'seebohmi' race of the Northern Wheatear is very different, and considered a species by some taxonomies.
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Somali Wheatear (Oenanthe phillipsi) Male Range: AF: ne Somalia and ne Ethiopia Burco, Somaliland
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Variable Wheatear (Oenanthe picata) Male Range: PAL: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to s Iran and s Pakistan Jawai, Rajasthan, India
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Variable Wheatear (Oenanthe picata) Male Range: PAL: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to s Iran and s Pakistan Jawai, Rajasthan, India
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Variable Wheatear (Oenanthe picata) Female Range: PAL: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to s Iran and s Pakistan Pakistan
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Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata livingstonii) Range: AF: sc, s Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) Range: PAL: Romania and Ukraine to sc Russia, Mongolia and c China Saudi Arabia
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Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) Range: PAL: Romania and Ukraine to sc Russia, Mongolia and c China Pakistan
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Brown-tailed Rock Chat (Oenanthe scotocerca turkana) Range: AF: ne, e Baringo, Kenya
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Brown-tailed Rock Chat (Oenanthe scotocerca spectatrix) Immature Range: AF: ne, e Shiikh Pass, Somaliland
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Birds in Somali and east Ethiopia are paler, and sometimes called the Pale Rock Chat.


Atlas Wheatear (Oenanthe seebohmi) Range: AF: nw Africa Boumalne, Morocco
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Basalt Wheatear (Oenanthe warriae) Range: PAL: ne Jordan, s Syria

Kurdish Wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna) Male
Range: PAL: e Turkey, w Iran and far nw, ne Iraq
Kuwait