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Black-eared Wheatear (Western)

Oenanthe hispanica hispanica

Classification

Class
Aves

The western black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) is a wheatear, a small migratory passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae). It was formerly (and still is by some authorities) considered conspecific with the eastern black-eared wheatear. Description The breeding male has the forehead and crown white or nearly white, the mantle buff, and the wings blacker than those of the northern wheatear.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Portugal · 3