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The Northern Wheatear is a small songbird found across the Northern Hemisphere that is known for its remarkable long-distance migrations, traveling thousands of miles between its Arctic breeding grounds and African wintering areas. This bird is significant to ornithologists and birdwatchers as an indicator of ecosystem health and as a subject of scientific study on animal migration patterns.
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Least Concernnorthern wheatear
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae
Gesang des Steinschmätzers, Dartmoor, Devon, 1966 Der Steinschmätzer (Oenanthe oenanthe) ist eine Vogelart aus der Familie der Fliegenschnäpperartigen (Muscicapidae). Weibchen Steinschmätzer, Jungvogel
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Northern wheatear juvenile
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. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows. All birds spend most of their winter in Africa.