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Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Classification

Class
Aves

The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) 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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 116,321Spain · 72,031United Kingdom · 62,647France · 39,268Germany · 12,964Italy · 6,989Switzerland · 4,166Belgium · 2,115Luxembourg · 181