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The Isabelline Wheatear, scientifically known as *Oenanthe isabellina*, is a species of bird within the genus *Oenanthe*. Described by Temminck in 1829, this taxon is also referred to by the common names tinwen felynllwyd, Isabellsteinschmätzer, and Collalba Isabel. It belongs to the class Aves.
The species has a taxon range that includes Africa and Burkina Faso. It is endemic to the Little Rann of Kutch and Desert National Park. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2024.
Biological data for the Isabelline Wheatear indicates a mass of 29, a litter size of 5.5, and an egg incubation period of 13.
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Species
Least ConcernIsabelline Wheatear
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Oenanthe
- Mass
- 29
- Image
- Isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) male, non-breeding.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Oenanthe isabellina
- Commons category
- Oenanthe isabellina
- taxon common name
- 沙鵖
- litter size
- 5.5
- egg incubation period
- 13
- endemic to
- Desert National Park
- short name
- O. isabellina
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
- taxon author citation
- (Temminck, 1829)
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Encyclopedic overview
Isabelline wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina from Thrithala Palakkad, Kerala, India 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Isabelline Wheatear” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.